Ausschuss
[ˈaʊ̯sʃʊs]
The verdict
“Ausschuss” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,862 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,862
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teil einer größeren Gruppe, der sich mit speziellen Themen beschäftigt, oft um Beschlüsse der größeren Gruppe vorzubereiten
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 | Ausschuss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sʃʊs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ausschuss” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ausschuss is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sʃʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,862 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ausschuss, with forms such as "asuschuss", "auschuss", and "auscshuss". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Ausschüsse", "Ausschusses", "Ausschüssen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Ausschuss, spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1Teil einer größeren Gruppe, der sich mit speziellen Themen beschäftigt, oft um Beschlüsse der größeren Gruppe vorzubereiten
- 2produzierte Ware, die nicht dem Qualitätsstandard entspricht und daher aus der Produktion entnommen wird
- 3die Stelle, an der ein Geschoss einen Körper, den es durchdrang, wieder verlassen hat
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asuschuss,auschuss,auscshuss,ausscchuss,ausschhuss,ausschsus,ausschus,ausscuhss,ausshcuss,außchuß,uasschuss
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ausschuss - 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.
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 “Ausschuss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-S-C-H-U-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sʃʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ausschüsse” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ausschuss vs Ausschüsse
- 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.