Ausschluss
[ˈaʊ̯sʃlʊs]
The verdict
“Ausschluss” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,869 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,869
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Ausschließung von Personen, Sachen, Erscheinungen oder Ähnlichem aus einem Raum oder von einer (unter Abschluss abgehaltenen) Veranstaltung, Gruppe oder Ähnlichem; das Fernhalten einer Person, ...
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 | Ausschluss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sʃlʊs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ausschluss” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ausschluss is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sʃlʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,869 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 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 Ausschluss, with forms such as "asuschluss", "auschluss", and "auscshluss". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Ausschuss", "Ausschüsse", "Abschluss", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ausschluss, spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-L-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1die Ausschließung von Personen, Sachen, Erscheinungen oder Ähnlichem aus einem Raum oder von einer (unter Abschluss abgehaltenen) Veranstaltung, Gruppe oder Ähnlichem; das Fernhalten einer Person, einer Sache, eines Prozesses oder Ähnlichem von einem Raum, einer Veranstaltung, einer Gruppe oder Ähnlichem
- 2gewöhnlich Exklusion, die Ausgrenzung von Personen aus Gruppen und aus Veranstaltungen, von Vorhaben
- 3die Möglichkeit, Güter von dem Konsum einzelner Marktteilnehmer auszuschließen
- 4eine Sanktion oder Strafmaßnahme an Sportlern beziehungsweise Sportmannschaften bei Mannschafts-Sportarten wie Handball, Wasserball et cetera.
- 5das sogenannte Hinausdrücken (englisch: squeeze-out) von Minderheitsaktionären aus einer Aktiengesellschaft unter Zwang
- 6beim Bleisatz das Füllen von Zwischenräumen zwischen Zeilen mit Material, welches nicht so hoch wie die Drucktype ist
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asuschluss,auschluss,auscshluss,ausscchluss,ausschhluss,ausschlluss,ausschlsus,ausschlus,ausschulss,aussclhuss,ausshcluss,außchluß,uasschluss
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ausschluss - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Ausschluss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-S-C-H-L-U-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sʃlʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ausschuss” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ausschluss vs Ausschuss
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.