aufmerksamer

Name: aufmerksamer, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmɐ]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“aufmerksamer” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,071
frequency rank, German: 6,976
“A” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs aufmerksam

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufmerksamer · aufmerksamer · German

aufmerksamer · rank #35,071 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,071
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,976
PHOTO-FINISH aufkommenden

Nearest frequency peer: aufkommenden (-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.

Atomausstieg

64,934
auffassen

64,933
aufging

64,932
aufkommenden

64,931
aufmerksamer

64,930
Aufreger

64,929

What this shows „aufmerksamer“ 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).

aufmerksamer vs aufmerksam

83% similar

aufmerksamer vs aufmerksame

92% similar

aufmerksamer vs aufmerksamen

92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aufmerksamer
Property	Value
Headword	aufmerksamer
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmɐ]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#35,071
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „aufmerksamer“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).aufmerksamerliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#35,071

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „aufkommenden“ (#35,070), „Aufreger“ (#35,072), „aufging“ (#35,069). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aufmerksamer“ bei #35,071. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around aufmerksamer (IPA [ˈaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,071 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for aufmerksamer, with forms such as "afumerksamer", "aufemrksamer", and "auffmerksamer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "aufmerksam", "aufmerksame", "aufmerksamen", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is aufmerksamer, spelled A-U-F-M-E-R-K-S-A-M-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs aufmerksam
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs aufmerksam
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs aufmerksam
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs aufmerksam
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs aufmerksam

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

afumerksamer
aufemrksamer
auffmerksamer
aufmekrsamer
aufmerkasmer
aufmerkksamer
aufmerksaemr
aufmerksamerr
aufmerksammer
aufmerksamre
aufmerksmaer
aufmerkssamer
aufmerrksamer
aufmerskamer
aufmmerksamer
aufmreksamer
aumferksamer
uafmerksamer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aufmerksamer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "aufmerksamer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aufmerksamer"?

"aufmerksamer" is spelled A-U-F-M-E-R-K-S-A-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmɐ].

What does "aufmerksamer" mean?

As an adjective, "aufmerksamer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs aufmerksam

What words are commonly confused with "aufmerksamer"?

"aufmerksamer" is commonly confused with "aufmerksam", "aufmerksame", "aufmerksamen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "aufmerksamer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufmerksamer" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "aufmerksamer" come from?

"aufmerksamer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aufmerksamer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aufkommenden#35,070 Atomausstieg#35,067 anzuschaffen#35,061 bearbeiteten#35,085

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

bescheidener18 variants Einsendungen18 variants Vorkenntnisse18 variants vereinzelten18 variants