aua
[ˈaʊ̯a]
The verdict
“aua” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,007) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #11,007
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausruf des Schmerzes
Corpus desk
Index DE-aua · aua · German
aua · rank #11,007 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,007
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH attackiert
Nearest frequency peer: attackiert (-1 rank slots)
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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „aua“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- anzutreffen
anzutreffen
88,997 corpus weight
- armes
armes
88,996 corpus weight
- attackiert
attackiert
88,995 corpus weight
- aua
aua
88,994 corpus weight
- aufgewacht
aufgewacht
88,993 corpus weight
- aufheben
aufheben
88,992 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „aua“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aua |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯a] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #11,007 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „aua“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for aua is neighbouring look-alikes ("AZ", "AV", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced [ˈaʊ̯a]. Frequency #11,007 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Ausruf des Schmerzes".
No misspelling variants are generated for aua in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "AZ", "AV", "AW", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is aua, spelled A-U-A.
Definition
- 1Ausruf des Schmerzes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aua! Das tut weh!
This word in other languages
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aua", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).