Ausbau

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,170

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Ausbau is aGermannoun. It means: planmäßige Vergrößerung, Erweiterung von etwas Bestehendem Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯]. It ranks #3,170 in German word frequency. Often confused with aussah and ausgab.

Key facts for Ausbau
PropertyValue
HeadwordAusbau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,170
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ausbau is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,170 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ausbau, with forms such as "asubau", "aubsau", and "ausabu". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "aussah", "ausgab", "Auslauf", 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 Ausbau, spelled A-U-S-B-A-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    planmäßige Vergrößerung, Erweiterung von etwas Bestehendem
  2. 2
    das Ausmontieren, das Entnehmen eines Teils aus einer Maschine oder Anlage

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asubau,aubsau,ausabu,ausbbau,ausbua,aussbau,uasbau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ausbau

Misspelling Variants of "Ausbau"

asubau6aubsau6ausabu6ausbbau7ausbua6aussbau7uasbau6
Misspelling Variants of "Ausbau"

Frequency rank: #3,170 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ausbau"?
"Ausbau" is spelled A-U-S-B-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯].
What does "Ausbau" mean?
As a noun, "Ausbau" means: planmäßige Vergrößerung, Erweiterung von etwas Bestehendem
What words are commonly confused with "Ausbau"?
"Ausbau" is commonly confused with "aussah", "ausgab", "Auslauf". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ausbau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ausbau" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ausbau" come from?
"Ausbau" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.