outen
[ˈaʊ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“outen” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,369
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas bis dahin Verheimlichtes über sich bekennen, bekannt machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-outen · outen · German
outen · rank #35,369 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,369
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Ostfriesischen
Nearest frequency peer: Ostfriesischen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „outen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- obschon
obschon
64,637 corpus weight
- Olympus
Olympus
64,636 corpus weight
- ortsansässi…
ortsansässigen
64,635 corpus weight
- Ostfriesisc…
Ostfriesischen
64,633 corpus weight
- outen
outen
64,632 corpus weight
- Panthers
Panthers
64,628 corpus weight
What this shows „outen“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „outen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around outen (IPA [ˈaʊ̯tn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,369 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for outen, with forms such as "otuen", "ouetn", and "outenn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Owen", "Outs", "Outing", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is outen, spelled O-U-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas bis dahin Verheimlichtes über sich bekennen, bekannt machen
- 2etwas Verheimlichtes über einen Dritten ohne dessen Einverständnis bekannt machen (insbesondere Homosexualität)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit meinem Sicherheitsbedürfnis hatte ich mich schnell als Deutsche geoutet, die allzeit auf das Schlimmste gefasst oder zumindest darauf vorbereitet sein will.“
„Viel später schrieb Zbigniew Nienacki dann noch ein Buch für Erwachsene, in dem er sich als Erotomane outete, aber das ist eine andere Geschichte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otuen
- ouetn
- outenn
- outne
- outten
- uoten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of outen - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "outen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).