auswärts

[ˈaʊ̯sˌvɛʁt͡s]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌvɛʁt͡s]/ adv

The verdict

“auswärts” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,177
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach außen, nach draußen

Corpus desk

Index DE-auswarts · auswärts · German

auswärts · rank #11,177 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,177
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH auswirken

Nearest frequency peer: auswirken (-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 „auswärts“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „auswärts“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

auswärts vs abwärts
75% similar
auswärts vs aufwärts
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for auswärts
PropertyValue
Headwordauswärts
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌvɛʁt͡s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,177
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „auswärts“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).auswärtsliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „auswirken“ (#11,176), „Awards“ (#11,178), „ausschlaggebend“ (#11,175). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auswärts“ bei #11,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around auswärts (IPA [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɛʁt͡s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #11,177 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for auswärts, with forms such as "asuwärts", "ausswärts", and "auswräts". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "abwärts", "aufwärts", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is auswärts, spelled A-U-S-W-Ä-R-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    nach außen, nach draußen
  2. 2
    nicht im eigenen Haus, woanders
  3. 3
    außerhalb des Orts, der Stadt; nicht an der heimischen Spielstätte, sondern beim Gegner

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how auswärts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Minister aber war der Minister des Inneren und des Äußeren. Wenn er der Minister des Inneren war, dann stellte er seine Füße einwärts, und wenn er der Minister des Äußeren war, dann stellte er sie auswärts.“
  2. „Um zu sparen, wollen die Deutschen laut Umfrage vor allem ihren Energieverbrauch senken, weniger Telefonieren und seltener auswärts Essen gehen; dies wurde von je zwei Dritteln genannt.“

Synonyms

außenaußerhalbaußer Haus

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asuwärts
  • ausswärts
  • auswräts
  • auswwärts
  • auswärrts
  • auswärst
  • auswärtss
  • auswärtts
  • auswätrs
  • ausäwrts
  • auwsärts
  • uaswärts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of auswärts - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asuwärts2ausswärts1auswräts2auswwärts1auswärrts1auswärst2auswärtss1auswärtts1
Edit distance from "auswärts"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auswärts"?
"auswärts" is spelled A-U-S-W-Ä-R-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɛʁt͡s].
What does "auswärts" mean?
As an adverb, "auswärts" means: nach außen, nach draußen
What words are commonly confused with "auswärts"?
"auswärts" is commonly confused with "abwärts", "aufwärts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "auswärts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auswärts" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɛʁt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auswärts" come from?
"auswärts" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "auswärts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list