Auffassung
\aʊ̯fˌfasʊŋ\
The verdict
“Auffassung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opinion, avis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-auffassung · Auffassung · French
Auffassung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Auffassung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʊ̯fˌfasʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Auffassung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʊ̯fˌfasʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opinion, avis.".
Auffassung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 French form is Auffassung, spelled A-U-F-F-A-S-S-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Opinion, avis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Auffassung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir sind der Auffassung, dass der Verkauf von Staatsbürgerschaften über sogenannte goldene Pässe nach EU-Recht illegal ist und unsere Sicherheit ernsthaft gefährdet.
Nachdem ein Café Reklame gemacht hatte, «Guter Wein tötet die Krankheit im Keim», verstärkte sich die in der Allgemeinheit ohnehin verbreitete Auffassung, Alkohol schütze vor Infektionen. Allnächtlich gegen zwei Uhr füllte eine beachtliche Zahl von Betrunkenen, die man aus den Cafés geworfen hatte, die Straßen und lief unter optimistischem Gerede auseinan…
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