ausweislich
[ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯slɪç]
The verdict
“ausweislich” is uncommon German (frequency #78,906 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,906
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wie aus etwas zu sehen ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausweislich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯slɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausweislich” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ausweislich is uncommon German at frequency #78,906 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯slɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wie aus etwas zu sehen ist".
ausweislich has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ausweislich, spelled A-U-S-W-E-I-S-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1wie aus etwas zu sehen ist
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 “ausweislich”
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-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯slɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.