Auer

/[ˈaʊ̯ɐ]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,809

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Auer is aGermanname. It means: deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯ɐ]. Often confused with auf and aus.

Key facts for Auer
PropertyValue
HeadwordAuer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈaʊ̯ɐ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,809
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Auer in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Auer is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯ɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,809 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Auer, with forms such as "aeur", "auerr", and "aure". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "auf", "aus", "AUX", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Auer, spelled A-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aeur,auerr,aure,uaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Auer

Misspelling Variants of "Auer"

aeur4auerr5aure4uaer4
Misspelling Variants of "Auer"

Frequency rank: #18,809 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Auer"?
"Auer" is spelled A-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯ɐ].
What does "Auer" mean?
As a name, "Auer" means: deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
What words are commonly confused with "Auer"?
"Auer" is commonly confused with "auf", "aus", "AUX". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Auer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Auer" is [ˈaʊ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Auer" come from?
"Auer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.