auszugehen

Name: auszugehen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈaʊ̯st͡suˌɡeːən]

/[ˈaʊ̯st͡suˌɡeːən]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“auszugehen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,149
frequency rank, German: 6,976
“A” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs ausgehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-auszugehen · auszugehen · German

auszugehen · rank #9,149 · 14 variants · 12 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,149
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,976
PHOTO-FINISH ausrichten

Nearest frequency peer: ausrichten (-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.

ausgehend

90,855
Auslegung

90,854
ausrichten

90,853
auszugehen

90,852
AZ

90,851
balance

90,850

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

auszugehen vs Auszügen

60% similar

auszugehen vs auszusehen

90% similar

auszugehen vs auszulegen

80% similar

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

Key facts for auszugehen
Property	Value
Headword	auszugehen
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ˈaʊ̯st͡suˌɡeːən]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#9,149
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	12
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „auszugehen“

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

#9,149

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „ausrichten“ (#9,148), „AZ“ (#9,150), „Auslegung“ (#9,147). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auszugehen“ bei #9,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around auszugehen (IPA [ˈaʊ̯st͡suˌɡeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,149 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs ausgehen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for auszugehen, with forms such as "asuzugehen", "ausszugehen", and "ausuzgehen". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Auszügen", "auszusehen", "auszulegen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is auszugehen, spelled A-U-S-Z-U-G-E-H-E-N.

Definition

1
erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs ausgehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

asuzugehen
ausszugehen
ausuzgehen
auszguehen
auszueghen
auszugeehn
auszugehenn
auszugehhen
auszugehne
auszuggehen
auszugheen
auszzugehen
auzsugehen
uaszugehen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of auszugehen - 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.

Edit distance from "auszugehen"

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 "auszugehen"?

"auszugehen" is spelled A-U-S-Z-U-G-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯st͡suˌɡeːən].

What does "auszugehen" mean?

As a verb, "auszugehen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs ausgehen

What words are commonly confused with "auszugehen"?

"auszugehen" is commonly confused with "Auszügen", "auszusehen", "auszulegen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "auszugehen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auszugehen" is [ˈaʊ̯st͡suˌɡeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "auszugehen" come from?

"auszugehen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ausrichten#9,148 ausgedacht#9,145 Augsburger#9,144 Aufschwung#9,143

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

bemerkbar14 variants besuchten14 variants zugestimmt14 variants einzugehen14 variants