austragen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌtʁaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“austragen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #21,172 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #21,172
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas verschiedenen Empfängern zubringen
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 | austragen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌtʁaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “austragen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for austragen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌtʁaːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,172 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 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 austragen, with forms such as "asutragen", "ausrtagen", and "ausstragen". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "austreten", "Australien", "auszutragen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is austragen, spelled A-U-S-T-R-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas verschiedenen Empfängern zubringen
- 2eine Auseinandersetzung zur Entscheidung führen
- 3ein Kind bis zur Geburt im Mutterleib tragen
- 4jemanden oder etwas aus einer Liste streichen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asutragen,ausrtagen,ausstragen,austargen,austraegn,austragenn,austraggen,austragne,austrgaen,austrragen,austtragen,autsragen,uastragen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of austragen - 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 “austragen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-T-R-A-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sˌtʁaːɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “austreten” - see the side-by-side comparison. austragen vs austreten
- 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.