aufbessern
[ˈaʊ̯fˌbɛsɐn]
The verdict
“aufbessern” is uncommon German (frequency #52,654 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,654
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei etwas die Qualität oder Quantität erhöhen (verbessern)
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufbessern · aufbessern · German
aufbessern · rank #52,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,654
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Atlantiks
Nearest frequency peer: Atlantiks (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „aufbessern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- asozialen
asozialen
47,349 corpus weight
- Atlantiks
Atlantiks
47,348 corpus weight
- aufbessern
aufbessern
47,347 corpus weight
- aufgehenden
aufgehenden
47,345 corpus weight
- aufgelöste
aufgelöste
47,344 corpus weight
- aufhöre
aufhöre
47,343 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufbessern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufbessern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌbɛsɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufbessern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufbessern is uncommon German at frequency #52,654 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌbɛsɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei etwas die Qualität oder Quantität erhöhen (verbessern)".
Zero misspellings are on record for aufbessern in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is aufbessern, spelled A-U-F-B-E-S-S-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1bei etwas die Qualität oder Quantität erhöhen (verbessern)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufbessern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nicht von ungefähr sind es, zumindest in Deutschland, vor allem unterbeschäftigte Postbeamte, die durch die Zusammenstellung und private Publikation von Eisenbahnkursbüchern ihr schmales Salär aufbessern.“
Die Soldaten besserten ihren schlechten Sold mit Plünderungen auf.
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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