Auer
[ˈaʊ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Auer” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,809) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #18,809
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-auer · Auer · German
Auer · rank #18,809 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,809
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Assoziation
Nearest frequency peer: Assoziation (-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 „Auer“
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What this shows Balken platzieren „Auer“ 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 | Auer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Auer“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Auer is neighbouring look-alikes ("auf", "aus", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈaʊ̯ɐ]. Frequency #18,809 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Auer, with forms such as "aeur", "auerr", and "aure". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Auer, spelled A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aeur
- auerr
- aure
- uaer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Auer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).