Auftrag
[ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁaːk]
The verdict
“Auftrag” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,539. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,539
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mündliche oder schriftliche Aufforderungen einer Stelle oder einer Person an eine andere Stelle oder Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-auftrag · Auftrag · German
Auftrag · rank #1,539 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,539
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Armee
Nearest frequency peer: Armee (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Auftrag”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Anspruch
Anspruch
98,465 corpus weight
- Arm
Arm
98,464 corpus weight
- Armee
Armee
98,463 corpus weight
- Auftrag
Auftrag
98,462 corpus weight
- Ausland
Ausland
98,461 corpus weight
- Behandlung
Behandlung
98,460 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Auftrag” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Auftrag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁaːk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Auftrag” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Auftrag (IPA [ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁaːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,539 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Auftrag, with forms such as "afutrag", "aufftrag", and "aufrtag". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "auftrat", "Aufträge", "Auftrags", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Auftrag, spelled A-U-F-T-R-A-G.
Definition
- 1mündliche oder schriftliche Aufforderungen einer Stelle oder einer Person an eine andere Stelle oder Person
- 2Rechtsgeschäft, das den Beauftragten verpflichtet, unentgeltlich ein Geschäft für den Auftraggeber zu besorgen
- 3jede Anweisung oder Mitteilung einer übergeordneten öffentlichen Behörde an eine nachgeordnete Behörde
- 4Aufgabe, die einem militärischen Führer von dessen übergeordneter Führung gestellt wird, wobei der Weg zum Ziel grundsätzlich nicht vorgegeben wird
- 5Baustoff, der auf einen Untergrund aufgetragen wird
- 6Vorgang des Auftragens; eine Portion einer Creme, Lotion o. Ä., die aufgetragen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Auftrag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich hole im Auftrag meiner Eltern das Paket ab.
„Seit dem Aufruf hat Ali 80 Prozent der Aufträge verloren, sein Sohn musste das Studium abbrechen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afutrag
- aufftrag
- aufrtag
- auftarg
- auftragg
- auftrga
- auftrrag
- aufttrag
- autfrag
- uaftrag
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Auftrag - 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 "Auftrag", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Auftrag" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "auftrat". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,539 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.