aurum

noun

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The verdict

“aurum” is uncommon German (frequency #92,612 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,612
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-aurum · aurum · German

aurum · rank #92,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,612
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ausblieben

Nearest frequency peer: ausblieben (+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 „aurum“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aurum
PropertyValue
Headwordaurum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,612
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aurum“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ausblieben“ (#92,613), „aufwischen“ (#92,610), „Aufweise“ (#92,609). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aurum“ bei #92,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aurum is uncommon German at frequency #92,612 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

aurum has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is aurum, spelled A-U-R-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Gold
  2. 2
    aus Gold hergestelltes
  3. 3
    aus Gold hergestelltes
  4. 4
    aus Gold hergestelltes
  5. 5
    aus Gold hergestelltes
  6. 6
    Goldfarbe, Goldglanz, Goldschimmer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aurum potestas est. (Gold ist Macht.)
  2. „ubi foras cum auro illic exibant.“ (Naev. poet. 6)

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 "aurum"?
"aurum" is spelled A-U-R-U-M.
What does "aurum" mean?
As a noun, "aurum" means: das Gold
What language does "aurum" come from?
"aurum" 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 "aurum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bache#92,629Bantu#92,634apply#92,588Basra#92,638

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list