Ausland

[ˈaʊ̯slant]

/[ˈaʊ̯slant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ausland” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,540
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Land oder Länder außerhalb des eigenen Staatsgebiets

Corpus desk

Index DE-ausland · Ausland · German

Ausland · rank #1,540 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,540
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Auftrag

Nearest frequency peer: Auftrag (-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 „Ausland“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Ausland“ 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).

Ausland vs Auslauf
71% similar
Ausland vs Auslands
88% similar
Ausland vs Ausländer
67% similar

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

Key facts for Ausland
PropertyValue
HeadwordAusland
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯slant]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,540
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ausland“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Auslandliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Auftrag“ (#1,539), „Behandlung“ (#1,541), „Armee“ (#1,538). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Ausland“ bei #1,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Ausland (IPA [ˈaʊ̯slant]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,540 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ausland, with forms such as "asuland", "aulsand", and "ausalnd". 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, "Auslauf", "Auslands", "Ausländer", and more, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ausland, spelled A-U-S-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Land oder Länder außerhalb des eigenen Staatsgebiets
  2. 2
    dessen oder deren Bewohner oder Regierungen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wir machen unseren nächsten Urlaub im Ausland.
  2. „Wenn man im Ausland lebt, selbst wenn dieses Exil freiwillig ist, selbst wenn das neue Land dem alten kulturell nahesteht, sitzt man immer zwischen zwei Stühlen, und das ist nicht sehr bequem.“

Antonyms

Inland

This word in other languages

foreign country(English)extranjero(Español)étranger(Français)estrangeiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asuland
  • aulsand
  • ausalnd
  • ausladn
  • auslandd
  • auslannd
  • auslland
  • auslnad
  • aussland
  • uasland

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ausland - 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.

asuland2aulsand2ausalnd2ausladn2auslandd1auslannd1auslland1auslnad2
Edit distance from "Ausland"

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 "Ausland"?
"Ausland" is spelled A-U-S-L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯slant].
What does "Ausland" mean?
As a noun, "Ausland" means: Land oder Länder außerhalb des eigenen Staatsgebiets
What words are commonly confused with "Ausland"?
"Ausland" is commonly confused with "Auslauf", "Auslands", "Ausländer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ausland"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ausland" is [ˈaʊ̯slant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ausland" come from?
"Ausland" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Auftrag#1,539diesmal#1,544erfolgt#1,547findest#1,551

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

einzelne10 variantsHerbst10 variantspositiv10 variantslängst10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list