ausgleiten
[ˈaʊ̯sˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“ausgleiten” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf einer glatten Fläche aus dem Gleichgewicht kommen, keinen Halt finden (und hinfallen)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausgleiten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausgleiten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ausgleiten is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ausgleiten, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 ausgleiten, spelled A-U-S-G-L-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf einer glatten Fläche aus dem Gleichgewicht kommen, keinen Halt finden (und hinfallen)
- 2aus der Hand gleiten, rutschen; etwas nicht richtig festhalten können, und deshalb damit die gewünschte Tätigkeit nicht mehr durchführen können
- 3so lange gleiten, bis man/es (= die gleitende Person/der gleitende Gegenstand) von allein zum Stehen kommt
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ausgleiten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-G-L-E-I-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.