Ausflug
[ˈaʊ̯sˌfluːk]
The verdict
“Ausflug” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,153 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,153
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine kurze Reise oder ein Abstecher, oft mit dem Ziel, sich zu erholen oder zu unterhalten
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ausflug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌfluːk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ausflug” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ausflug is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌfluːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,153 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine kurze Reise oder ein Abstecher, oft mit dem Ziel, sich zu erholen oder zu unterhalten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ausflug, with forms such as "asuflug", "aufslug", and "ausfflug". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Auszug", "Ausflüge", "Ausfluss", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ausflug, spelled A-U-S-F-L-U-G.
Definition
- 1eine kurze Reise oder ein Abstecher, oft mit dem Ziel, sich zu erholen oder zu unterhalten
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asuflug,aufslug,ausfflug,ausflgu,ausfllug,ausflugg,ausfulg,auslfug,aussflug,uasflug
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ausflug - 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.
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 “Ausflug”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-F-L-U-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sˌfluːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Auszug” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ausflug vs Auszug
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.