Aufsichtsperson

/[ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt͡spɛʁˌzoːn]/ noun

Letters

15 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Aufsichtsperson is aGermannoun. It means: Person, die auf jemanden oder etwas aufpasst Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt͡spɛʁˌzoːn].

Key facts for Aufsichtsperson
PropertyValue
HeadwordAufsichtsperson
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt͡spɛʁˌzoːn]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Aufsichtsperson is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Aufsichtsperson is 15 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt͡spɛʁˌzoːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Aufsichtsperson in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Aufsichtsperson, spelled A-U-F-S-I-C-H-T-S-P-E-R-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die auf jemanden oder etwas aufpasst
  2. 2
    Mitarbeiter eines Unfallversicherungsträgers, der für Maßnahmen zur Verhütung von Arbeitsunfällen, Berufskrankheiten und dergleichen zuständig ist

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Aufsichtsperson"?
"Aufsichtsperson" is spelled A-U-F-S-I-C-H-T-S-P-E-R-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt͡spɛʁˌzoːn].
What does "Aufsichtsperson" mean?
As a noun, "Aufsichtsperson" means: Person, die auf jemanden oder etwas aufpasst
How do you pronounce "Aufsichtsperson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aufsichtsperson" is [ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt͡spɛʁˌzoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aufsichtsperson" come from?
"Aufsichtsperson" 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.