Auffahrunfall
[ˈaʊ̯ffaːɐ̯ˌʔʊnfal]
The verdict
“Auffahrunfall” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,010. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,010
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unfall/Zusammenstoß, bei dem ein Fahrzeug auf das vorherfahrende auffährt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Auffahrunfall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯ffaːɐ̯ˌʔʊnfal] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #29,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Auffahrunfall” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Auffahrunfall (IPA [ˈaʊ̯ffaːɐ̯ˌʔʊnfal]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,010 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unfall/Zusammenstoß, bei dem ein Fahrzeug auf das vorherfahrende auffährt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Auffahrunfall, with forms such as "afufahrunfall", "aufafhrunfall", and "aufahrunfall". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Auffahrunfall, spelled A-U-F-F-A-H-R-U-N-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Unfall/Zusammenstoß, bei dem ein Fahrzeug auf das vorherfahrende auffährt
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afufahrunfall
- aufafhrunfall
- aufahrunfall
- auffahhrunfall
- auffahrnufall
- auffahrrunfall
- auffahrufnall
- auffahrunafll
- auffahrunfal
- auffahrunffall
- auffahrunflal
- auffahrunnfall
- auffahurnfall
- auffarhunfall
- auffharunfall
- uaffahrunfall
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Auffahrunfall - 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 “Auffahrunfall”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-F-F-A-H-R-U-N-F-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯ffaːɐ̯ˌʔʊnfal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.