Aufhellung
[ˈaʊ̯fˌhɛlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Aufhellung” is uncommon German (frequency #87,421 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,421
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Röntgennegativbild dunkel erscheinender Bereich, der im Positivbild hell erscheinen würde.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aufhellung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌhɛlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aufhellung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Aufhellung is uncommon German at frequency #87,421 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌhɛlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Aufhellung in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Aufhellung, spelled A-U-F-H-E-L-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1im Röntgennegativbild dunkel erscheinender Bereich, der im Positivbild hell erscheinen würde.
- 2Klarheit in einen Sachverhalt bringen
- 3die Stimmungslage verbessern
- 4ein Aufreißen der Bewölkung
- 5hellere Farbe erzeugen
- 6Licht ins Dunkel bringen
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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 “Aufhellung”
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- The one correct German spelling is A-U-F-H-E-L-L-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.