auch

/[aʊ̯x]/ adv

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#21

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

auch is anGermanadv. It means: und ferner Pronounced [aʊ̯x]. It ranks #21 in German word frequency. Often confused with auf and aus.

Key facts for auch
PropertyValue
Headwordauch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[aʊ̯x]
Letters4
Frequency rank#21
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of auch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for auch is 4 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʊ̯x]. Corpus data places it at rank #21 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "und ferner".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for auch, with forms such as "acuh", "aucch", and "auchh". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "auf", "aus", "Aue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is auch, spelled A-U-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    und ferner

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acuh,aucch,auchh,auhc,uach

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for auch

Misspelling Variants of "auch"

acuh4aucch5auchh5auhc4uach4
Misspelling Variants of "auch"

Frequency rank: #21 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auch"?
"auch" is spelled A-U-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯x].
What does "auch" mean?
As an adv, "auch" means: und ferner
What words are commonly confused with "auch"?
"auch" is commonly confused with "auf", "aus", "Aue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "auch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auch" is [aʊ̯x]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auch" come from?
"auch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.