Ausländer

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,796

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Ausländer is aGermannoun. It means: Person aus dem Ausland (Herkunft aus einem anderen Land) Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ]. It ranks #3,796 in German word frequency. Often confused with Auslands and Ausläufer.

Key facts for Ausländer
PropertyValue
HeadwordAusländer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,796
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ausländer in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ausländer is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,796 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ausländer, with forms such as "asuländer", "aulsänder", and "auslländer". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Auslands", "Ausläufer", "Ausländern", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Ausländer, spelled A-U-S-L-Ä-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person aus dem Ausland (Herkunft aus einem anderen Land)
  2. 2
    Staatsangehöriger eines fremden, eines anderen Staates

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asuländer,aulsänder,auslländer,auslnäder,auslädner,ausländder,ausländerr,ausländre,auslänedr,auslännder,aussländer,ausälnder,uasländer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ausländer

Misspelling Variants of "Ausländer"

asuländer9aulsänder9auslländer10auslnäder9auslädner9ausländder10ausländerr10ausländre9
Misspelling Variants of "Ausländer"

Frequency rank: #3,796 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ausländer"?
"Ausländer" is spelled A-U-S-L-Ä-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ].
What does "Ausländer" mean?
As a noun, "Ausländer" means: Person aus dem Ausland (Herkunft aus einem anderen Land)
What words are commonly confused with "Ausländer"?
"Ausländer" is commonly confused with "Auslands", "Ausläufer", "Ausländern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ausländer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ausländer" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ausländer" come from?
"Ausländer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.