ausweisen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯zn̩]
The verdict
“ausweisen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #16,917 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #16,917
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - des Landes verweisen
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 | ausweisen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯zn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausweisen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ausweisen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯zn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,917 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ausweisen, with forms such as "asuweisen", "ausewisen", and "aussweisen". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "ausweist", "ausweiten", "auswerten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ausweisen, spelled A-U-S-W-E-I-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1des Landes verweisen
- 2seine Identität beweisen
- 3sich zeigen
- 4deklarieren
- 5eine Eigenschaft oder Kompetenz nachweisen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asuweisen,ausewisen,aussweisen,ausweiesn,ausweisenn,ausweisne,ausweissen,auswesien,auswiesen,auswweisen,auwseisen,uasweisen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ausweisen - 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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Using “ausweisen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-W-E-I-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯zn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ausweist” - see the side-by-side comparison. ausweisen vs ausweist
- 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.