aurea

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The verdict

“aurea” is uncommon German (frequency #75,390 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,390
frequency rank, German
113,935
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs aureus

Key facts for aurea
PropertyValue
Headwordaurea
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#75,390
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “aurea” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). aurea lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aurea is uncommon German at frequency #75,390 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aurea, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is aurea, spelled A-U-R-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs aureus
  2. 2
    Vokativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs aureus
  3. 3
    Ablativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs aureus
  4. 4
    Nominativ Plural Neutrum des Adjektivs aureus
  5. 5
    Nominativ Plural Akkusativ des Adjektivs aureus
  6. 6
    Nominativ Plural Vokativ des Adjektivs aureus

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 "aurea"?
"aurea" is spelled A-U-R-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "aurea" mean?
As an adjective, "aurea" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs aureus
How do you pronounce "aurea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aurea" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aurea" come from?
"aurea" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “aurea”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-U-R-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list