Aphärese
[afɛˈʁeːzə]
The verdict
“Aphärese” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Weglassen eines Lautes oder einer Silbe am Anfang eines Wortes
Corpus desk
Index DE-apharese · Aphärese · German
Aphärese · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Aphärese |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [afɛˈʁeːzə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aphärese“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aphärese is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [afɛˈʁeːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Weglassen eines Lautes oder einer Silbe am Anfang eines Wortes".
Aphärese doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Aphärese, spelled A-P-H-Ä-R-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1das Weglassen eines Lautes oder einer Silbe am Anfang eines Wortes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Aphärese appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jene von Aphaerese betroffenen Wörter … sind durchgehend ausgesprochen häufige Wörter.“
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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.