aureus

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The verdict

“aureus” is uncommon German (frequency #66,997 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,997
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Gold, golden

Corpus desk

Index DE-aureus · aureus · German

aureus · rank #66,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,997
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufzuzwingen

Nearest frequency peer: aufzuzwingen (-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 „aureus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aureus
PropertyValue
Headwordaureus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,997
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aureus“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).aureusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aufzuzwingen“ (#66,996), „ausblieb“ (#66,998), „aufzumuntern“ (#66,995). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aureus“ bei #66,997. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aureus is uncommon German at frequency #66,997 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

aureus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 aureus, spelled A-U-R-E-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus Gold, golden
  2. 2
    mit Gold verziert, vergoldet, goldbeschlagen
  3. 3
    goldfarbig, goldschimmernd
  4. 4
    schön, reizend, herrlich, allerliebst

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aureus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „argenteo polubro, aureo eglutro“ (Andr. poet. 6)
  2. „tum meo patri autem torulus inerit aureus / sub petaso: id signum Amphitruoni non erit.“ (Plaut. Amph. 144–145)

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 "aureus"?
"aureus" is spelled A-U-R-E-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "aureus" mean?
As an adjective, "aureus" means: aus Gold, golden
How do you pronounce "aureus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aureus" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aureus" come from?
"aureus" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beetle#67,025Amiens#66,960Albion#66,951zweigt#66,920

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list