auf den ersten Blick
\ˌaʊ̯f deːn ˌeːɐ̯stn̩ ˈblɪk\
The verdict
“auf den ersten Blick” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À première vue, à la première inspection.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auf den ersten Blick |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˌaʊ̯f deːn ˌeːɐ̯stn̩ ˈblɪk\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “auf den ersten Blick” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for auf den ersten Blick is 20 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˌaʊ̯f deːn ˌeːɐ̯stn̩ ˈblɪk\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "À première vue, à la première inspection.".
auf den ersten Blick has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is auf den ersten Blick, spelled A-U-F- -D-E-N- -E-R-S-T-E-N- -B-L-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1À première vue, à la première inspection.
Antonyms
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U-F- -D-E-N- -E-R-S-T-E-N- -B-L-I-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.