ausgestorben
[ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌʃtɔʁbn̩]
The verdict
“ausgestorben” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #18,170 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #18,170
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht mehr vorhanden seiend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausgestorben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌʃtɔʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #18,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausgestorben” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ausgestorben is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌʃtɔʁbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,170 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nicht mehr vorhanden seiend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for ausgestorben, with forms such as "asugestorben", "augsestorben", and "ausegstorben". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 ausgestorben, spelled A-U-S-G-E-S-T-O-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht mehr vorhanden seiend
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asugestorben,augsestorben,ausegstorben,ausgesotrben,ausgesstorben,ausgestobren,ausgestorbben,ausgestorbenn,ausgestorbne,ausgestorebn,ausgestorrben,ausgestroben,ausgesttorben,ausgetsorben,ausggestorben,ausgsetorben,aussgestorben,uasgestorben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ausgestorben - 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 “ausgestorben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-G-E-S-T-O-R-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌʃtɔʁbn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.