Aufsicht

/[ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,866

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Aufsicht is aGermannoun. It means: die Beobachtung, Kontrolle, Überwachung von etwas Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt]. It ranks #7,866 in German word frequency. Often confused with aussieht and Aussicht.

Key facts for Aufsicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordAufsicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,866
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Aufsicht in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Aufsicht is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,866 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Aufsicht, with forms such as "afusicht", "auffsicht", and "aufischt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "aussieht", "Aussicht", "aufwacht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Aufsicht, spelled A-U-F-S-I-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Beobachtung, Kontrolle, Überwachung von etwas
  2. 2
    Person, die [1] wahrnimmt
  3. 3
    Darstellung, bei der ein Gegenstand von oben wiedergegeben wird

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afusicht,auffsicht,aufischt,aufsciht,aufsiccht,aufsichht,aufsichtt,aufsicth,aufsihct,aufssicht,ausficht,uafsicht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Aufsicht

Misspelling Variants of "Aufsicht"

afusicht8auffsicht9aufischt8aufsciht8aufsiccht9aufsichht9aufsichtt9aufsicth8
Misspelling Variants of "Aufsicht"

Frequency rank: #7,866 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Aufsicht"?
"Aufsicht" is spelled A-U-F-S-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt].
What does "Aufsicht" mean?
As a noun, "Aufsicht" means: die Beobachtung, Kontrolle, Überwachung von etwas
What words are commonly confused with "Aufsicht"?
"Aufsicht" is commonly confused with "aussieht", "Aussicht", "aufwacht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Aufsicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aufsicht" is [ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aufsicht" come from?
"Aufsicht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.