Auktion
[aʊ̯kˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Auktion” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,862
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Veranstaltung, bei der Gegenstände versteigert werden, das heißt an die meistbietende Person verkauft werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-auktion · Auktion · German
Auktion · rank #12,862 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,862
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Ausfahrt
Nearest frequency peer: Ausfahrt (+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 „Auktion“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- argumentier…
argumentieren
87,142 corpus weight
- Astrid
Astrid
87,141 corpus weight
- Auktion
Auktion
87,139 corpus weight
- Ausfahrt
Ausfahrt
87,138 corpus weight
- ausnutzen
ausnutzen
87,137 corpus weight
- Ballett
Ballett
87,136 corpus weight
What this shows „Auktion“ 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 | Auktion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʊ̯kˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Auktion“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Auktion (IPA [aʊ̯kˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,862 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Veranstaltung, bei der Gegenstände versteigert werden, das heißt an die meistbietende Person verkauft werden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Auktion, with forms such as "akution", "aukiton", and "aukktion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Austin", "Auktionen", "Aktion", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Auktion, spelled A-U-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Veranstaltung, bei der Gegenstände versteigert werden, das heißt an die meistbietende Person verkauft werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Auktion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die kostbaren Ölgemälde werden auf einer Auktion versteigert.
„Die Neuankömmlinge waren nicht wählerisch, sondern ersteigerten auf den monatlichen Auktionen das erstbeste erhältliche Land.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akution
- aukiton
- aukktion
- auktino
- auktionn
- auktoin
- aukttion
- autkion
- uaktion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Auktion - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Auktion", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).