Auswahl

/[ˈaʊ̯svaːl]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,152

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Auswahl is aGermannoun. It means: der Vorgang, bei dem etwas mit gewünschten Merkmalen aus einer Menge entnommen wird Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯svaːl]. It ranks #1,152 in German word frequency. Often confused with auswählt and auszahlt.

Key facts for Auswahl
PropertyValue
HeadwordAuswahl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯svaːl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,152
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Auswahl is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯svaːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,152 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Auswahl, with forms such as "asuwahl", "ausawhl", and "ausswahl". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "auswählt", "auszahlt", "auswählen", and more, 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 Auswahl, spelled A-U-S-W-A-H-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Vorgang, bei dem etwas mit gewünschten Merkmalen aus einer Menge entnommen wird
  2. 2
    die Gesamtheit der zum Verkauf stehenden Waren
  3. 3
    das aus der Menge nach gewünschten Merkmalen Entnommene; das Ausgewählte bzw. das Ausgesuchte selbst
  4. 4
    eine Gruppe selektierter Personen zur Formung eines Teams

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asuwahl,ausawhl,ausswahl,auswahhl,auswahll,auswalh,auswhal,auswwahl,auwsahl,uaswahl

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Auswahl

Misspelling Variants of "Auswahl"

asuwahl7ausawhl7ausswahl8auswahhl8auswahll8auswalh7auswhal7auswwahl8
Misspelling Variants of "Auswahl"

Frequency rank: #1,152 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Auswahl"?
"Auswahl" is spelled A-U-S-W-A-H-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯svaːl].
What does "Auswahl" mean?
As a noun, "Auswahl" means: der Vorgang, bei dem etwas mit gewünschten Merkmalen aus einer Menge entnommen wird
What words are commonly confused with "Auswahl"?
"Auswahl" is commonly confused with "auswählt", "auszahlt", "auswählen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Auswahl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Auswahl" is [ˈaʊ̯svaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Auswahl" come from?
"Auswahl" 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.