aufgrund
[aʊ̯fˈɡʁʊnt]
The verdict
“aufgrund” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #596
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf der Grundlage (von), begründet (durch)
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufgrund · aufgrund · German
aufgrund · rank #596 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-CORE #596
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH alt
Nearest frequency peer: alt (-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 „aufgrund“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wieso
wieso
99,408 corpus weight
- AfD
AfD
99,407 corpus weight
- alt
alt
99,406 corpus weight
- aufgrund
aufgrund
99,405 corpus weight
- brauchen
brauchen
99,404 corpus weight
- innerhalb
innerhalb
99,403 corpus weight
What this shows „aufgrund“ 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 | aufgrund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [aʊ̯fˈɡʁʊnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „aufgrund“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around aufgrund (IPA [aʊ̯fˈɡʁʊnt]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #596 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auf der Grundlage (von), begründet (durch)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for aufgrund, with forms such as "afugrund", "auffgrund", and "aufggrund". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Abgrund", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is aufgrund, spelled A-U-F-G-R-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1auf der Grundlage (von), begründet (durch)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufgrund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Denn ein Wissenschaftler, der wie manche Programmmacher auf die Idee kommen würde, seine Forschungsprogramme aufgrund von statistischen Daten, die eindeutig im Messfehlerbereich liegen, einer Dauerreform zu unterziehen, würde für verrückt gehalten werden.“
„Viermal sei die Probe von Vuskovic aufgrund der Verdachtslage analysiert worden, drei Fachleute wären sich im Sechs-Augen-Prinzip danach einig gewesen: Es handelt sich um Epo-Doping.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afugrund
- auffgrund
- aufggrund
- aufgrnud
- aufgrrund
- aufgrudn
- aufgrundd
- aufgrunnd
- aufgurnd
- aufrgund
- augfrund
- uafgrund
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aufgrund - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aufgrund", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).