Ausnahmeerscheinung
[ˈaʊ̯snaːməʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ausnahmeerscheinung” is uncommon German (frequency #92,620 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,620
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas, das sich von anderen Dingen gleicher Art/Kategorie auffällig unterscheidet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ausnahmeerscheinung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯snaːməʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Frequency rank | #92,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ausnahmeerscheinung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ausnahmeerscheinung is uncommon German at frequency #92,620 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯snaːməʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das sich von anderen Dingen gleicher Art/Kategorie auffällig unterscheidet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ausnahmeerscheinung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ausnahmeerscheinung, spelled A-U-S-N-A-H-M-E-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-N-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1etwas, das sich von anderen Dingen gleicher Art/Kategorie auffällig unterscheidet
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.
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Using “Ausnahmeerscheinung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-N-A-H-M-E-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-N-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯snaːməʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ] (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.