Auer
/ˈaʊə(ɹ)/
"auer" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Auer” is uncommon English (frequency #81,132 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,132
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-auer · Auer · English
Auer · rank #81,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,132
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH atomized
Nearest frequency peer: atomized (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Auer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- astutely
astutely
18,873 corpus weight
- atmospherics
atmospherics
18,871 corpus weight
- atomized
atomized
18,870 corpus weight
- Auer
Auer
18,869 corpus weight
- Ayam
Ayam
18,868 corpus weight
- Backlund
Backlund
18,867 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Auer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Auer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Auer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Auer is uncommon English at frequency #81,132 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Auer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Auer, topographic surname from several places with the name Au, Aue, all from the noun Aue (“floodplain, stream”). The correct English form is Auer, spelled A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
- 2A surname from Finnish.
- 3A municipality in the autonomous province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Italian spelling: Ora.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Auer, topographic surname from several places with the name Au, Aue, all from the noun Aue (“floodplain, stream”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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