aufrecht
\ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɛçt\
The verdict
“aufrecht” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Droit, vertical, dans le sens de se tenir droit, debout.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aufrecht · aufrecht · French
aufrecht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | aufrecht |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɛçt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aufrecht is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɛçt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for aufrecht in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 aufrecht, spelled A-U-F-R-E-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Droit, vertical, dans le sens de se tenir droit, debout.
- 2Honnête, authentique.
- 3Légal, réglementaire, conforme aux lois, aux coutumes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufrecht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
lassen Sie das Schneidebrett aufrecht trocknen.
Die Statue ist überlebensgroß, mit Blattgold überzogen und zeigt Friedrich Merz in aufrechter Haltung, wie er sich für die AfD starkmacht und dabei bürgerlich bieder wirkt. Auf einer Plakette steht die Widmung "Für seine treuen Dienste für unsere Sache".
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.