auffielen

[ˈaʊ̯fˌfiːlən]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌfiːlən]/ verb

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The verdict

“auffielen” is uncommon German (frequency #99,491 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,491
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffallen

Corpus desk

Index DE-auffielen · auffielen · German

auffielen · rank #99,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,491
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Auffälligkeit

Nearest frequency peer: Auffälligkeit (+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 „auffielen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „auffielen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auffielen
PropertyValue
Headwordauffielen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌfiːlən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,491
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „auffielen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.auffielenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Auffälligkeit“ (#99,492), „aufblähen“ (#99,489), „aufgestaute“ (#99,494). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auffielen“ bei #99,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auffielen is uncommon German at frequency #99,491 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌfiːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for auffielen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is auffielen, spelled A-U-F-F-I-E-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffallen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffallen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffallen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffallen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auffielen"?
"auffielen" is spelled A-U-F-F-I-E-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌfiːlən].
What does "auffielen" mean?
As a verb, "auffielen" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffallen
How do you pronounce "auffielen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auffielen" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌfiːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auffielen" come from?
"auffielen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "auffielen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aufblähen#99,489ausborgen#99,499Archivare#99,476angesaugt#99,460

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list