aufkommen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“aufkommen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,632. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,632
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Gebrauch kommen oder Mode werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufkommen · aufkommen · German
aufkommen · rank #6,632 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,632
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Aufführung
Nearest frequency peer: Aufführung (-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 „aufkommen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- atmen
atmen
93,371 corpus weight
- Aufführung
Aufführung
93,370 corpus weight
- aufkommen
aufkommen
93,369 corpus weight
- aufrecht
aufrecht
93,368 corpus weight
- Auftritte
Auftritte
93,367 corpus weight
- ausgestellt
ausgestellt
93,366 corpus weight
What this shows „aufkommen“ 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 | aufkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „aufkommen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around aufkommen (IPA [ˈaʊ̯fˌkɔmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,632 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for aufkommen, with forms such as "afukommen", "auffkommen", and "aufkkommen". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "aufkommt", "auskommen", "aufkommende", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 aufkommen, spelled A-U-F-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1in Gebrauch kommen oder Mode werden
- 2entstehen
- 3Kosten tragen
- 4nach Sprung oder Flug die Erde wieder berühren
- 5sich erheben und sich erholen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufkommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit den Selfies ist eine neue Mode aufgekommen.
Das Bezahlfernsehen ist aufgekommen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afukommen
- auffkommen
- aufkkommen
- aufkmomen
- aufkomemn
- aufkomen
- aufkommenn
- aufkommne
- aufokmmen
- aukfommen
- uafkommen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aufkommen - 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 "aufkommen", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).