ausbessern

[ˈaʊ̯sˌbɛsɐn]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌbɛsɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“ausbessern” is an uncommon German word, ranked #55,958 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#55,958
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine beschädigte Stelle beseitigen, meist wenn der Schaden nicht sehr groß ist und die Funktion nicht vollkommen verloren ist

Key facts for ausbessern
PropertyValue
Headwordausbessern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌbɛsɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,958
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ausbessern” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ausbessern lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ausbessern is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌbɛsɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,958 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine beschädigte Stelle beseitigen, meist wenn der Schaden nicht sehr groß ist und die Funktion nicht vollkommen verloren ist".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ausbessern, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ausbessern, spelled A-U-S-B-E-S-S-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine beschädigte Stelle beseitigen, meist wenn der Schaden nicht sehr groß ist und die Funktion nicht vollkommen verloren ist

This word in other languages

mend(English)arreglar(Español)raccommoder(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausbessern"?
"ausbessern" is spelled A-U-S-B-E-S-S-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌbɛsɐn].
What does "ausbessern" mean?
As a verb, "ausbessern" means: eine beschädigte Stelle beseitigen, meist wenn der Schaden nicht sehr groß ist und die Funktion nicht vollkommen verloren ist
How do you pronounce "ausbessern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausbessern" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌbɛsɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausbessern" come from?
"ausbessern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “ausbessern”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-B-E-S-S-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sˌbɛsɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list