Ausländer

[ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Ausländer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,796. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,796
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person aus dem Ausland (Herkunft aus einem anderen Land)

Corpus desk

Index DE-auslander · Ausländer · German

Ausländer · rank #3,796 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,796
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufgehoben

Nearest frequency peer: aufgehoben (-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 „Ausländer“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Ausländer“ 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).

Ausländer vs Auslands
67% similar
Ausländer vs Ausläufer
78% similar
Ausländer vs Ausländern
90% similar

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

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ausländer“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „aufgehoben“ (#3,795), „Befehl“ (#3,797), „aufgefallen“ (#3,794). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Ausländer“ bei #3,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Ausländer (IPA [ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,796 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ausländer, with forms such as "asuländer", "aulsänder", and "auslländer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Auslands", "Ausläufer", "Ausländern", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ausländer, spelled A-U-S-L-Ä-N-D-E-R.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In den 70er Jahren sind viele Ausländer nach Deutschland gekommen, um hier Arbeit zu finden.
  2. „Auf lange Sicht ist damit zu rechnen, daß ein großer Teil der zugewanderten Ausländerinnen und Ausländer in der deutschen Gesellschaft aufgehen wird, sicher nicht ohne bewußt bewahrte Rückstände des Andersseins, aber keineswegs nur in Äußerlichkeiten ‚eingedeutscht‘.“

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asuländer
  • aulsänder
  • auslländer
  • auslnäder
  • auslädner
  • ausländder
  • ausländerr
  • ausländre
  • auslänedr
  • auslännder
  • aussländer
  • ausälnder
  • uasländer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asuländer2aulsänder2auslländer1auslnäder2auslädner2ausländder1ausländerr1ausländre2
Edit distance from "Ausländer"

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 "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'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 "Ausländer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list