Autorisierung
[aʊ̯toʁiˈziːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Autorisierung” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,012 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,012
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Erteilung einer Vollmacht oder Befugnis, auch die Vollmacht selbst
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Autorisierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʊ̯toʁiˈziːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #65,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Autorisierung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Autorisierung is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʊ̯toʁiˈziːʁʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,012 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Autorisierung in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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. The correct German form is Autorisierung, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Erteilung einer Vollmacht oder Befugnis, auch die Vollmacht selbst
- 2Erteilung einer Genehmigung, auch die Genehmigung selbst
- 3Nachweis der Identität (die mit gewissen Rechten verknüpft ist)
Synonyms
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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 “Autorisierung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-T-O-R-I-S-I-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aʊ̯toʁiˈziːʁʊŋ] (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.