aufarbeiten
[ˈaʊ̯fʔaʁˌbaɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“aufarbeiten” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #39,795 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #39,795
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas erledigen mit dem man bisher im Rückstand war
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 | aufarbeiten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fʔaʁˌbaɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #39,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aufarbeiten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for aufarbeiten is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fʔaʁˌbaɪ̯tn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,795 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for aufarbeiten, with forms such as "afuarbeiten", "auafrbeiten", and "aufabreiten". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ausarbeiten", "Aufarbeitung", "aufzuarbeiten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is aufarbeiten, spelled A-U-F-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas erledigen mit dem man bisher im Rückstand war
- 2etwas erneuern, wieder in einen funktionierenden und optisch ansprechenden Zustand bringen
- 3einen Text strukturieren und zusammenfassend behandeln
- 4sich geistig mit etwas auseinandersetzen
- 5etwas aufbrauchen, etwas vollständig verarbeiten
- 6sich unter Aufbietung seiner Kräfte langsam erheben
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afuarbeiten,auafrbeiten,aufabreiten,aufarbbeiten,aufarbeietn,aufarbeitenn,aufarbeitne,aufarbeitten,aufarbetien,aufarbieten,aufarebiten,aufarrbeiten,auffarbeiten,aufrabeiten,uafarbeiten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aufarbeiten - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “aufarbeiten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-F-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯fʔaʁˌbaɪ̯tn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ausarbeiten” - see the side-by-side comparison. aufarbeiten vs ausarbeiten
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.