# Auschwitz

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/ · frequency rank #19,018

## Definitions
1. Synonym of Oświęcim, A city in Poland.
2. A former German concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.

## Common misspellings (14)
`asuchwitz`, `aucshwitz`, `auscchwitz`, `auschhwitz`, `auschiwtz`, `auschwittz`, `auschwitzz`, `auschwizt`, `auschwtiz`, `auschwwitz`, `auscwhitz`, `aushcwitz`, `ausschwitz`, `uaschwitz`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/auschwitz