aufwenden
[ˈaʊ̯fˌvɛndn̩]
The verdict
“aufwenden” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,801. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,801
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, meist um ein Ziel zu erreichen, verwenden oder einsetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufwenden · aufwenden · German
aufwenden · rank #36,801 · 13 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,801
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH aufregendes
Nearest frequency peer: aufregendes (-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 „aufwenden“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- aufgespürt
aufgespürt
63,202 corpus weight
- aufregendes
aufregendes
63,201 corpus weight
- aufwenden
aufwenden
63,200 corpus weight
- aufzubewahr…
aufzubewahren
63,199 corpus weight
- Augenblicken
Augenblicken
63,198 corpus weight
- Auktionshaus
Auktionshaus
63,197 corpus weight
What this shows „aufwenden“ 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 | aufwenden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌvɛndn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „aufwenden“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around aufwenden (IPA [ˈaʊ̯fˌvɛndn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,801 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas, meist um ein Ziel zu erreichen, verwenden oder einsetzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for aufwenden, with forms such as "afuwenden", "aufewnden", and "auffwenden". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "aufwendig", "aufwerten", "aussenden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is aufwenden, spelled A-U-F-W-E-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas, meist um ein Ziel zu erreichen, verwenden oder einsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufwenden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Mühe, die Sie aufwenden müssen, um das Geheimnis selbst zu entdecken, wird vieltausendfach belohnt.
Die Kraft, die man aufwenden muss, um den Deckel aufzudrehen, hält sich in Grenzen, womit das Produkt auch für ältere Benutzer durchaus geeignet ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afuwenden
- aufewnden
- auffwenden
- aufwednen
- aufwendden
- aufwendenn
- aufwendne
- aufwenedn
- aufwennden
- aufwneden
- aufwwenden
- auwfenden
- uafwenden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aufwenden - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "aufwenden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).