ausfallen

[ˈaʊ̯sˌfalən]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌfalən]/ verb

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The verdict

“ausfallen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,011. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,011
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ausfallen · ausfallen · German

ausfallen · rank #7,011 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,011
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Auftakt

Nearest frequency peer: Auftakt (-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 „ausfallen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „ausfallen“ 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).

ausfallen vs ausmalen
78% similar
ausfallen vs aushalten
78% similar
ausfallen vs auswählen
67% similar

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

Key facts for ausfallen
PropertyValue
Headwordausfallen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌfalən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,011
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ausfallen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ausfallenliegt 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: „Auftakt“ (#7,010), „Ausgangspunkt“ (#7,012), „aufgefordert“ (#7,009). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ausfallen“ bei #7,011. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ausfallen (IPA [ˈaʊ̯sˌfalən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,011 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ausfallen, with forms such as "asufallen", "aufsallen", and "ausafllen". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "ausmalen", "aushalten", "auswählen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ausfallen, spelled A-U-S-F-A-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen
  2. 2
    nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen
  3. 3
    nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen
  4. 4
    auf biologischem Wege verlieren
  5. 5
    etwas Geplantes findet nicht statt
  6. 6
    etwas Geplantes findet nicht statt
  7. 7
    ein Ergebnis bewerten
  8. 8
    ein Ergebnis bewerten
  9. 9
    aus der Verteidigung heraus angreifen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Auf Grund seiner Verletzung wird der Stürmer für die nächsten 3 Wochen ausfallen.
  2. Durch den Sturm fiel in großen Teilen des Landes der Strom aus.

Synonyms

verlieren

Antonyms

behaltenstattfindenverteidigen

This word in other languages

fail(English)fallar(Español)faire(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asufallen
  • aufsallen
  • ausafllen
  • ausfaleln
  • ausfalen
  • ausfallenn
  • ausfallne
  • ausffallen
  • ausflalen
  • aussfallen
  • uasfallen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ausfallen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asufallen2aufsallen2ausafllen2ausfaleln2ausfalen1ausfallenn1ausfallne2ausffallen1
Edit distance from "ausfallen"

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 "ausfallen"?
"ausfallen" is spelled A-U-S-F-A-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌfalən].
What does "ausfallen" mean?
As a verb, "ausfallen" means: nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen
What words are commonly confused with "ausfallen"?
"ausfallen" is commonly confused with "ausmalen", "aushalten", "auswählen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ausfallen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausfallen" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌfalən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausfallen" come from?
"ausfallen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aggressiv#7,003absoluter#7,002östlichen#6,999chemische#7,024

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Clinton11 variantsVictoria11 variantsgefickt11 variantsSchäfer11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list