Aufsehen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌzeːən]
The verdict
“Aufsehen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,419. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,419
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besondere öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufsehen · Aufsehen · German
Aufsehen · rank #10,419 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,419
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Arbeitsgruppe
Nearest frequency peer: Arbeitsgruppe (-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 „Aufsehen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- anzuwenden
anzuwenden
89,585 corpus weight
- arbeitest
arbeitest
89,584 corpus weight
- Arbeitsgrup…
Arbeitsgruppe
89,583 corpus weight
- Aufsehen
Aufsehen
89,582 corpus weight
- Aufsteiger
Aufsteiger
89,581 corpus weight
- Auftraggeber
Auftraggeber
89,580 corpus weight
What this shows „Aufsehen“ 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 | Aufsehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌzeːən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Aufsehen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Aufsehen (IPA [ˈaʊ̯fˌzeːən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,419 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "besondere öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aufsehen, with forms such as "afusehen", "aufeshen", and "auffsehen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aussehe", "aussehen", "ausgehen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Aufsehen, spelled A-U-F-S-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1besondere öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aufsehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch seinen Artikel hat er in der Fachwelt Aufsehen erregt.
„Wir führten eine beachtliche Warenladung mit, weshalb wir dort Aufsehen erregten und achtungsvoll empfangen wurden.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afusehen
- aufeshen
- auffsehen
- aufseehn
- aufsehenn
- aufsehhen
- aufsehne
- aufsheen
- aufssehen
- ausfehen
- uafsehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aufsehen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Aufsehen", 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).