Aurelius
[aʊ̯ˈʁeːli̯ʊs]
The verdict
“Aurelius” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #45,772 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #45,772
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aurelius |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aʊ̯ˈʁeːli̯ʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aurelius” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Aurelius is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʊ̯ˈʁeːli̯ʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,772 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aurelius, with forms such as "aruelius", "auerlius", and "aureilus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Aurelius, spelled A-U-R-E-L-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aruelius,auerlius,aureilus,aurelisu,aureliuss,aurellius,aureluis,aurleius,aurrelius,uarelius
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aurelius - 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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Using “Aurelius”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-R-E-L-I-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aʊ̯ˈʁeːli̯ʊs] (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
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.