aufhängen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌhɛŋən]
The verdict
“aufhängen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,232. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,232
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an eine bestimmte, dafür vorgesehene Stelle hängen (zum Beispiel an einen Haken)
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufhangen · aufhängen · German
aufhängen · rank #12,232 · 13 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,232
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 113,935
- PHOTO-FINISH aufbringen
Nearest frequency peer: aufbringen (-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 “aufhängen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Aspekten
Aspekten
87,772 corpus weight
- Aue
Aue
87,771 corpus weight
- aufbringen
aufbringen
87,770 corpus weight
- aufhängen
aufhängen
87,769 corpus weight
- aufsteigen
aufsteigen
87,768 corpus weight
- aufzeigen
aufzeigen
87,767 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “aufhängen” 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 | aufhängen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌhɛŋən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aufhängen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around aufhängen (IPA [ˈaʊ̯fˌhɛŋən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,232 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for aufhängen, with forms such as "afuhängen", "auffhängen", and "aufhhängen". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Auflagen", "aufzuhängen", "anfangen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aufhängen, spelled A-U-F-H-Ä-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1an eine bestimmte, dafür vorgesehene Stelle hängen (zum Beispiel an einen Haken)
- 2sich oder jemanden erhängen, auch bildhaft übertragen
- 3ein Telefongespräch beenden
- 4mit einer ungewünschten, ungeliebten Tätigkeit belasten
- 5an einer Grundidee (einem Aufhänger) festmachen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afuhängen
- auffhängen
- aufhhängen
- aufhnägen
- aufhägnen
- aufhänegn
- aufhängenn
- aufhänggen
- aufhängne
- aufhänngen
- aufähngen
- auhfängen
- uafhängen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aufhängen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aufhängen", 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).
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.