austauschen

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌtaʊ̯ʃn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,680

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

austauschen is aGermanverb. It means: sich wechselseitig Gleichartiges geben Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌtaʊ̯ʃn̩]. It ranks #8,680 in German word frequency. Often confused with auszutauschen and Austausch.

Key facts for austauschen
PropertyValue
Headwordaustauschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌtaʊ̯ʃn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,680
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of austauschen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for austauschen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌtaʊ̯ʃn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,680 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for austauschen, with forms such as "asutauschen", "ausatuschen", and "ausstauschen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "auszutauschen", "Austausch", "Auftauchen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is austauschen, spelled A-U-S-T-A-U-S-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich wechselseitig Gleichartiges geben
  2. 2
    etwas Vorhandenes durch etwas Neues/Anderes ersetzen
  3. 3
    unterschiedliche Sichtweisen besprechen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asutauschen,ausatuschen,ausstauschen,austasuchen,austaucshen,austauscchen,austauscehn,austauschenn,austauschhen,austauschne,austaushcen,austausschen,austtauschen,austuaschen,autsauschen,uastauschen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for austauschen

Misspelling Variants of "austauschen"

asutauschen11ausatuschen11ausstauschen12austasuchen11austaucshen11austauscchen12austauscehn11austauschenn12
Misspelling Variants of "austauschen"

Frequency rank: #8,680 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "austauschen"?
"austauschen" is spelled A-U-S-T-A-U-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌtaʊ̯ʃn̩].
What does "austauschen" mean?
As a verb, "austauschen" means: sich wechselseitig Gleichartiges geben
What words are commonly confused with "austauschen"?
"austauschen" is commonly confused with "auszutauschen", "Austausch", "Auftauchen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "austauschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "austauschen" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌtaʊ̯ʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "austauschen" come from?
"austauschen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.