aufholen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌhoːlən]
The verdict
“aufholen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,629
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oder einen Rückstand oder eine Verspätung verringern
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufholen · aufholen · German
aufholen · rank #27,629 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,629
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH auffangen
Nearest frequency peer: auffangen (-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 „aufholen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- asteroiden
asteroiden
72,375 corpus weight
- Aufenthalte
Aufenthalte
72,374 corpus weight
- auffangen
auffangen
72,373 corpus weight
- aufholen
aufholen
72,372 corpus weight
- Aufmachung
Aufmachung
72,371 corpus weight
- aufstrebend…
aufstrebenden
72,370 corpus weight
What this shows „aufholen“ 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 | aufholen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌhoːlən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „aufholen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around aufholen (IPA [ˈaʊ̯fˌhoːlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,629 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for aufholen, with forms such as "afuholen", "auffholen", and "aufhholen". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "aufhören", "auflösen", "aufzuholen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aufholen, spelled A-U-F-H-O-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1oder einen Rückstand oder eine Verspätung verringern
- 2etwas an einem Seil nach oben ziehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufholen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und auch in der Forschung haben die Hochschulen aufgeholt.“
„Deutsche Universitäten haben da noch einiges aufzuholen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afuholen
- auffholen
- aufhholen
- aufhloen
- aufhoeln
- aufholenn
- aufhollen
- aufholne
- aufohlen
- auhfolen
- uafholen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aufholen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "aufholen", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).