Which to use
“Aufruf” is a noun and “aufruft” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,457
- “Aufruf” frequency rank
- #29,938
- “aufruft” frequency rank
- 35395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Aufruf | aufruft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | öffentlicher Appell, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufrufen |
Where the eye mixes Aufruf and aufruft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Aufruf vs aufruft
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Aufruf is [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁuːf] while aufruft is [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁuːft]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Aufruf” sits inside “aufruft”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Aufruf is recorded at frequency rank #5,457, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁuːf]. aufruft is at rank #29,938, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁuːft].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 35395, this pair ranks #1,641,060 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Aufruf vs aufruft
Shared letters: afru. Private to "Aufruf": -. Private to "aufruft": t.
"Aufruf" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVC · "aufruft" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Aufruf" for "aufruft" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Aufruf" or "aufruft" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Aufruf" and "aufruft" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Aufruf" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aufruft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,641,060 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Aufruf" and "aufruft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aufruft vs Ausruf". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,641,060 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.