AUR

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The verdict

“AUR” is uncommon German (frequency #87,426 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,426
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung und Kfz-Kennzeichen für Landkreis und Stadt Aurich

Corpus desk

Index DE-aur · AUR · German

AUR · rank #87,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,426
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Augenklappe

Nearest frequency peer: Augenklappe (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „AUR“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „AUR“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for AUR
PropertyValue
HeadwordAUR
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#87,426
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „AUR“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.AURfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Augenklappe“ (#87,425), „Aufwandes“ (#87,424), „aufpumpen“ (#87,423). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „AUR“ bei #87,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

AUR is uncommon German at frequency #87,426 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung und Kfz-Kennzeichen für Landkreis und Stadt Aurich".

Zero misspellings are on record for AUR in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is AUR, spelled A-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung und Kfz-Kennzeichen für Landkreis und Stadt Aurich

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "AUR"?
"AUR" is spelled A-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "AUR" mean?
As an abbreviation, "AUR" means: Abkürzung und Kfz-Kennzeichen für Landkreis und Stadt Aurich
How do you pronounce "AUR"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "AUR" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "AUR" come from?
"AUR" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "AUR", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Atl#87,415Ath#87,414ako#87,369zue#87,315

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list