auszeichnen

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,177

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

auszeichnen is aGermanverb. It means: jemanden bevorzugt behandeln, indem man ihm/ihr etwas Positives zukommen lässt Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Often confused with auszeichnet and Auszeichnung.

Key facts for auszeichnen
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Headwordauszeichnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,177
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for auszeichnen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,177 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for auszeichnen, with forms such as "asuzeichnen", "ausezichnen", and "ausszeichnen". 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, "auszeichnet", "Auszeichnung", "ausreichen", 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 auszeichnen, spelled A-U-S-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden bevorzugt behandeln, indem man ihm/ihr etwas Positives zukommen lässt
  2. 2
    jemanden mit einem äußeren Zeichen (Preis, Urkunde, Medaille) ehren
  3. 3
    jemanden oder etwas positiv kennzeichen
  4. 4
    sich (durch etwas) hervortun, sich positiv von den Übrigen unterscheiden
  5. 5
    etwas (Waren, Artikeln) mit einem Preisetikett versehen
  6. 6
    Textteile mit typografischer Zusatzinformation versehen
  7. 7
    etwas zum Satz fertig machen, indem typografische Zusatzinformationen gemacht werden

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asuzeichnen,ausezichnen,ausszeichnen,auszecihnen,auszeicchnen,auszeichenn,auszeichhnen,auszeichnenn,auszeichnne,auszeichnnen,auszeicnhen,auszeihcnen,ausziechnen,auszzeichnen,auzseichnen,uaszeichnen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for auszeichnen

Misspelling Variants of "auszeichnen"

asuzeichnen11ausezichnen11ausszeichnen12auszecihnen11auszeicchnen12auszeichenn11auszeichhnen12auszeichnenn12
Misspelling Variants of "auszeichnen"

Frequency rank: #20,177 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auszeichnen"?
"auszeichnen" is spelled A-U-S-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯çnən].
What does "auszeichnen" mean?
As a verb, "auszeichnen" means: jemanden bevorzugt behandeln, indem man ihm/ihr etwas Positives zukommen lässt
What words are commonly confused with "auszeichnen"?
"auszeichnen" is commonly confused with "auszeichnet", "Auszeichnung", "ausreichen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "auszeichnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auszeichnen" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auszeichnen" come from?
"auszeichnen" 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.