ausschalten
[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaltn̩]
The verdict
“ausschalten” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,814
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Funktion eines Gerätes beenden, indem man die Stromzufuhr unterbricht
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausschalten · ausschalten · German
ausschalten · rank #10,814 · 16 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,814
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH ausgeübt
Nearest frequency peer: ausgeübt (-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 “ausschalten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ausgemacht
ausgemacht
89,190 corpus weight
- ausgewählten
ausgewählten
89,189 corpus weight
- ausgeübt
ausgeübt
89,188 corpus weight
- ausschalten
ausschalten
89,187 corpus weight
- ausweichen
ausweichen
89,186 corpus weight
- Bauernhof
Bauernhof
89,185 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ausschalten” 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 | ausschalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaltn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “ausschalten” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around ausschalten (IPA [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,814 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for ausschalten, with forms such as "asuschalten", "auschalten", and "auscshalten". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "auszuhalten", "ausschütten", "auszuschalten", 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 ausschalten, spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Funktion eines Gerätes beenden, indem man die Stromzufuhr unterbricht
- 2jemanden außer Gefecht setzen (im Härtefall: töten)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausschalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei technischen Störungen sollte man den Strom ausschalten.
Durch einen unfairen Trick wurde der Wettkampfgegner ausgeschaltet.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asuschalten
- auschalten
- auscshalten
- ausscahlten
- ausscchalten
- ausschaletn
- ausschallten
- ausschaltenn
- ausschaltne
- ausschaltten
- ausschatlen
- ausschhalten
- ausschlaten
- ausshcalten
- außchalten
- uasschalten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ausschalten - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ausschalten", 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).
What to do next
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- "ausschalten" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "auszuhalten". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,814 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.