auseinanderhalten

[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌhaltn̩]

/[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌhaltn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“auseinanderhalten” is uncommon German (frequency #51,940 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,940
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voneinander unterschieden; getrennt voneinander erwägen

Corpus desk

Index DE-auseinanderhalten · auseinanderhalten · German

auseinanderhalten · rank #51,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,940
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ausdauernd

Nearest frequency peer: ausdauernd (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „auseinanderhalten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „auseinanderhalten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auseinanderhalten
PropertyValue
Headwordauseinanderhalten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌhaltn̩]
Letters17
Frequency rank#51,940
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „auseinanderhalten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).auseinanderhaltenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ausdauernd“ (#51,939), „ausflippen“ (#51,941), „ausführlichere“ (#51,942). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auseinanderhalten“ bei #51,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auseinanderhalten is uncommon German at frequency #51,940 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌhaltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for auseinanderhalten, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is auseinanderhalten, spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-H-A-L-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    voneinander unterschieden; getrennt voneinander erwägen
  2. 2
    dafür sorgen, dass es zu keiner Begegnung kommt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Als Linguist darf man nicht die Phonetik mit der Phonologie verwechseln – man muss sie nämlich auseinanderhalten können.
  2. „‚Ich kann euch beide nie auseinanderhalten. Wer ist jetzt wer?‘, fragte er mit einem hilfesuchenden Blick zu Conny.“

Synonyms

unterscheidentrennen

This word in other languages

distinguir(Español)distinguer(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 "auseinanderhalten"?
"auseinanderhalten" is spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-H-A-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌhaltn̩].
What does "auseinanderhalten" mean?
As a verb, "auseinanderhalten" means: voneinander unterschieden; getrennt voneinander erwägen
How do you pronounce "auseinanderhalten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auseinanderhalten" is [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌhaltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auseinanderhalten" come from?
"auseinanderhalten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list