ausweiten

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯tn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,626

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

ausweiten is aGermanverb. It means: etwas durch Benutzung dehnen und somit dauerhaft weiter machen Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯tn̩]. Often confused with auswerten and Ausweitung.

Key facts for ausweiten
PropertyValue
Headwordausweiten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯tn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,626
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ausweiten is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯tn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,626 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for ausweiten, with forms such as "asuweiten", "ausewiten", and "aussweiten". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "auswerten", "Ausweitung", "auszuweiten", 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 ausweiten, spelled A-U-S-W-E-I-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas durch Benutzung dehnen und somit dauerhaft weiter machen
  2. 2
    sich durch Benutzung dehnen und meist dauerhaft weiter werden
  3. 3
    etwas in seinem Ausmaß/oder Umfang vergrößern
  4. 4
    in seiner Weite größer werden, an Umfang gewinnen
  5. 5
    sich zu etwas entwickeln

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asuweiten,ausewiten,aussweiten,ausweietn,ausweitenn,ausweitne,ausweitten,auswetien,auswieten,auswweiten,auwseiten,uasweiten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ausweiten

Misspelling Variants of "ausweiten"

asuweiten9ausewiten9aussweiten10ausweietn9ausweitenn10ausweitne9ausweitten10auswetien9
Misspelling Variants of "ausweiten"

Frequency rank: #24,626 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausweiten"?
"ausweiten" is spelled A-U-S-W-E-I-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯tn̩].
What does "ausweiten" mean?
As a verb, "ausweiten" means: etwas durch Benutzung dehnen und somit dauerhaft weiter machen
What words are commonly confused with "ausweiten"?
"ausweiten" is commonly confused with "auswerten", "Ausweitung", "auszuweiten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ausweiten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausweiten" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausweiten" come from?
"ausweiten" 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.