Prüfungsausschuss
[ˈpʁyːfʊŋsˌʔaʊ̯sʃʊs]
The verdict
“Prüfungsausschuss” is uncommon German (frequency #83,183 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,183
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personengruppe, die eine Prüfung durchführt, abnimmt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prüfungsausschuss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁyːfʊŋsˌʔaʊ̯sʃʊs] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #83,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Prüfungsausschuss” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Prüfungsausschuss is uncommon German at frequency #83,183 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁyːfʊŋsˌʔaʊ̯sʃʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personengruppe, die eine Prüfung durchführt, abnimmt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Prüfungsausschuss, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Prüfungsausschuss, spelled P-R-Ü-F-U-N-G-S-A-U-S-S-C-H-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1Personengruppe, die eine Prüfung durchführt, abnimmt
Synonyms
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 “Prüfungsausschuss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-Ü-F-U-N-G-S-A-U-S-S-C-H-U-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.