Aufhellung
[ˈaʊ̯fˌhɛlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Aufhellung” is uncommon German (frequency #87,421 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,421
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Röntgennegativbild dunkel erscheinender Bereich, der im Positivbild hell erscheinen würde.
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufhellung · Aufhellung · German
Aufhellung · rank #87,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,421
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH aufgehobenen
Nearest frequency peer: aufgehobenen (-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 „Aufhellung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- aufbewahrte
aufbewahrte
12,583 corpus weight
- aufflammen
aufflammen
12,582 corpus weight
- aufgehobenen
aufgehobenen
12,581 corpus weight
- Aufhellung
Aufhellung
12,580 corpus weight
- Auflehnung
Auflehnung
12,579 corpus weight
- aufpumpen
aufpumpen
12,578 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Aufhellung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aufhellung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aufhellung is uncommon German at frequency #87,421 among 6,976 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aufhellung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Zahnarzt konnte an einer Aufhellung im Röntgenbild Karies erkennen.
Seine Ausführungen als Zeuge brachten eine Aufhellung des Sachverhalts.
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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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