Aufbau
[ˈaʊ̯fˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Aufbau” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,189
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Vorgang des Aufbauens eines Gebäudes, eines Systems oder einer sonstwie gearteten Struktur
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufbau · Aufbau · German
Aufbau · rank #2,189 · 7 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,189
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Ansicht
Nearest frequency peer: Ansicht (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Aufbau“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- übrigen
übrigen
97,815 corpus weight
- Afrika
Afrika
97,814 corpus weight
- Ansicht
Ansicht
97,813 corpus weight
- Aufbau
Aufbau
97,812 corpus weight
- automatisch
automatisch
97,811 corpus weight
- beendet
beendet
97,810 corpus weight
What this shows „Aufbau“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Aufbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Aufbau“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Aufbau (IPA [ˈaʊ̯fˌbaʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,189 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aufbau, with forms such as "afubau", "aubfau", and "aufabu". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Ausbau", "aufgab", "aufkam", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Aufbau, spelled A-U-F-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1der Vorgang des Aufbauens eines Gebäudes, eines Systems oder einer sonstwie gearteten Struktur
- 2die Gliederung oder Struktur eines bestehenden Systems (innerer Aufbau)
- 3ein Aufsatz oder etwas Aufgesetztes auf ein bestehendes System (oberer Teil eines Gebäudes, einer Karosserie, eines Schiffes)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aufbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Aufbau der Dresdner Frauenkirche ist abgeschlossen.
Den inneren Aufbau der Pyramide haben wir nicht sofort durchschaut.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afubau
- aubfau
- aufabu
- aufbbau
- aufbua
- auffbau
- uafbau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aufbau - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aufbau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).