Auschwitz
\ɔʃ.vitz\
The verdict
“Auschwitz” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #17,346 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #17,346
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom allemand de la ville polonaise d’Oświęcim, conservé en français pour désigner le lieu où se trouvait un camp de concentration nazi pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Auschwitz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔʃ.vitz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Auschwitz” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Auschwitz is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔʃ.vitz\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,346 in overall French 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.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Auschwitz, with forms such as "asuchwitz", "aucshwitz", and "auscchwitz". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Auschwitz, spelled A-U-S-C-H-W-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Nom allemand de la ville polonaise d’Oświęcim, conservé en français pour désigner le lieu où se trouvait un camp de concentration nazi pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
- 2Complexe concentrationnaire, le plus grand du genre, établi à cet endroit par les Nazis en 1940 et démantelé par les Soviétiques en 1945, où étaient internés des Juifs destinés à être exterminés dans des chambres à gaz.
- 3Symbole de la persécution extrême des Juifs ayant eu lieu dans ce camp.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asuchwitz,aucshwitz,auscchwitz,auschhwitz,auschiwtz,auschwittz,auschwitzz,auschwizt,auschwtiz,auschwwitz,auscwhitz,aushcwitz,ausschwitz,uaschwitz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Auschwitz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Auschwitz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U-S-C-H-W-I-T-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔʃ.vitz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.