Auster
[ˈaʊ̯stɐ]
The verdict
“Auster” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,499
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muschel, deren Inneres zum Verzehr geeignet ist und als Delikatesse gilt
Corpus desk
Index DE-auster · Auster · German
Auster · rank #49,499 · 7 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,499
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Ausstellungss…
Nearest frequency peer: Ausstellungsstücke (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Auster“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ausrollen
ausrollen
50,505 corpus weight
- aussenden
aussenden
50,504 corpus weight
- Ausstellung…
Ausstellungsstücke
50,503 corpus weight
- Auster
Auster
50,502 corpus weight
- auszubeuten
auszubeuten
50,501 corpus weight
- Avalon
Avalon
50,500 corpus weight
What this shows „Auster“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Auster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯stɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Auster“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Auster (IPA [ˈaʊ̯stɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,499 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Muschel, deren Inneres zum Verzehr geeignet ist und als Delikatesse gilt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Auster, with forms such as "ausetr", "ausster", and "austerr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Autor", "Ausweg", "Austin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Auster, spelled A-U-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Muschel, deren Inneres zum Verzehr geeignet ist und als Delikatesse gilt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Auster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dann thut man sie [die Kälbermilch] in einen Tiegel, gießt kräftige Fleischbrühe darauf und legt Butter daran, läßt sie ein wenig, ungefähr eine Viertelstunde lang, kochen, thut dann Austern dazu und läßt alles einmal aufkochen, damit die Austern steif werden.“
„Der wirkliche Grund ist viel einfacher: Sie hat uns beobachtet, sie hat nie zuvor Austern gegessen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ausetr
- ausster
- austerr
- austre
- austter
- autser
- uaster
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Auster - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).