ausfallen
\ˈaʊ̯sˌfalən\
The verdict
“ausfallen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être annulé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ausfallen · ausfallen · French
ausfallen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausfallen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈaʊ̯sˌfalən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ausfallen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ausfallen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈaʊ̯sˌfalən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
ausfallen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 ausfallen, spelled A-U-S-F-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Être annulé.
- 2Manquer.
- 3Manquer, être coupé, tomber en panne.
- 4Tomber.
- 5Être, s’avérer, se montrer, avoir (une qualité).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausfallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für die rund 2,5 Millionen Schülerinnen und Schüler in NRW fällt wegen der Sturmwarnungen an diesem Donnerstag der Unterricht aus.
Auf Grund seiner Verletzung wird der Stürmer für die nächsten 3 Wochen ausfallen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.