ausbügeln
[ˈaʊ̯sˌbyːɡl̩n]
The verdict
“ausbügeln” is uncommon German (frequency #82,520 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,520
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit einem Bügeleisen glätten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausbügeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌbyːɡl̩n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausbügeln” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ausbügeln is uncommon German at frequency #82,520 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌbyːɡl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ausbügeln, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ausbügeln, spelled A-U-S-B-Ü-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Bügeleisen glätten
- 2mit einem Bügeleisen entfernen
- 3eine negative Tatsache beseitigen
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “ausbügeln”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-B-Ü-G-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.