aushändigen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌhɛndɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“aushändigen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,464
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - einen geforderten oder geschuldeten Gegenstand in die Hand eines anderen geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-aushandigen · aushändigen · German
aushändigen · rank #44,464 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,464
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Ausgrabung
Nearest frequency peer: Ausgrabung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “aushändigen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ausbildet
ausbildet
55,540 corpus weight
- ausgehebelt
ausgehebelt
55,539 corpus weight
- Ausgrabung
Ausgrabung
55,538 corpus weight
- aushändigen
aushändigen
55,537 corpus weight
- aussetzt
aussetzt
55,535 corpus weight
- auswählt
auswählt
55,534 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “aushändigen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | aushändigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌhɛndɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #44,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aushändigen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around aushändigen (IPA [ˈaʊ̯sˌhɛndɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,464 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einen geforderten oder geschuldeten Gegenstand in die Hand eines anderen geben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for aushändigen, with forms such as "asuhändigen", "auhsändigen", and "aushhändigen". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "anständigen", "aufwändigen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 aushändigen, spelled A-U-S-H-Ä-N-D-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen geforderten oder geschuldeten Gegenstand in die Hand eines anderen geben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aushändigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zum Schuljahresende bekommen die Schüler ihre Zeugnisse ausgehändigt.
Die Bankangestellte händigte dem Räuber mehrere zehntausend Euro aus.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asuhändigen
- auhsändigen
- aushhändigen
- aushnädigen
- aushädnigen
- aushänddigen
- aushändgien
- aushändiegn
- aushändigenn
- aushändiggen
- aushändigne
- aushänidgen
- aushänndigen
- ausshändigen
- ausähndigen
- uashändigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aushändigen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aushändigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.