aufhalten
[ˈaʊ̯fˌhaltn̩]
The verdict
“aufhalten” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,679
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden/etwas nicht weitergehen/weiterfortschreiten lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufhalten · aufhalten · German
aufhalten · rank #5,679 · 13 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,679
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anstelle
Nearest frequency peer: anstelle (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “aufhalten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Anfragen
Anfragen
94,325 corpus weight
- Anleitung
Anleitung
94,324 corpus weight
- anstelle
anstelle
94,323 corpus weight
- aufhalten
aufhalten
94,322 corpus weight
- ausgelegt
ausgelegt
94,321 corpus weight
- bands
bands
94,319 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “aufhalten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | aufhalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “aufhalten” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around aufhalten (IPA [ˈaʊ̯fˌhaltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,679 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for aufhalten, with forms such as "afuhalten", "aufahlten", and "auffhalten". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "aufholen", "aushalten", "aufhängen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aufhalten, spelled A-U-F-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden/etwas nicht weitergehen/weiterfortschreiten lassen
- 2etwas im offenen Zustand halten
- 3sich an einem Ort befinden
- 4an einem Ort/bei einer Tätigkeit verweilen
- 5aufhören
- 6schmähend reden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufhalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Einsatzkommando konnte gerade noch rechtzeitig aufgehalten werden.
„»[…] wir wissen, dass wir das Virus nicht mehr aufhalten können, wir können es nur verzögern.«“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afuhalten
- aufahlten
- auffhalten
- aufhaletn
- aufhallten
- aufhaltenn
- aufhaltne
- aufhaltten
- aufhatlen
- aufhhalten
- aufhlaten
- auhfalten
- uafhalten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aufhalten - 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 "aufhalten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "aufhalten". Here's where to go from here.
- "aufhalten" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "aufholen". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,679 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.