ausdenken

[ˈaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“ausdenken” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,025. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,025
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich etwas Neues überlegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ausdenken · ausdenken · German

ausdenken · rank #12,025 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,025
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Arno

Nearest frequency peer: Arno (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „ausdenken“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „ausdenken“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ausdenken vs auskennen
78% similar
ausdenken vs aussenden
78% similar
ausdenken vs auszudenken
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ausdenken
PropertyValue
Headwordausdenken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,025
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ausdenken“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ausdenkenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Arno“ (#12,024), „ausgenutzt“ (#12,026), „anständig“ (#12,023). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ausdenken“ bei #12,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ausdenken (IPA [ˈaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,025 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich etwas Neues überlegen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ausdenken, with forms such as "asudenken", "audsenken", and "ausddenken". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "auskennen", "aussenden", "auszudenken", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 ausdenken, spelled A-U-S-D-E-N-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich etwas Neues überlegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ausdenken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um aus diesem Schlamassel zu kommen, müssen wir uns etwas ausdenken.

Synonyms

erdenkenersinnen

This word in other languages

come up with(English)imaginarse(Español)imaginer(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asudenken
  • audsenken
  • ausddenken
  • ausdeknen
  • ausdenekn
  • ausdenkenn
  • ausdenkken
  • ausdenkne
  • ausdennken
  • ausdneken
  • ausednken
  • aussdenken
  • uasdenken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ausdenken - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asudenken2audsenken2ausddenken1ausdeknen2ausdenekn2ausdenkenn1ausdenkken1ausdenkne2
Edit distance from "ausdenken"

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 "ausdenken"?
"ausdenken" is spelled A-U-S-D-E-N-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkn̩].
What does "ausdenken" mean?
As a verb, "ausdenken" means: sich etwas Neues überlegen
What words are commonly confused with "ausdenken"?
"ausdenken" is commonly confused with "auskennen", "aussenden", "auszudenken". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ausdenken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausdenken" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausdenken" come from?
"ausdenken" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ausdenken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anständig#12,023Angesicht#12,021bereitete#12,035Cambridge#12,043

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

verlieben13 variantseingelegt13 variantsverdeckt13 variantsgestützt13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list