aufwändig
\ˈaʊ̯fˌvɛndɪç\
The verdict
“aufwändig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispendieux, sophistiqué, coûteux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aufwandig · aufwändig · French
aufwändig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | aufwändig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈaʊ̯fˌvɛndɪç\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aufwändig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈaʊ̯fˌvɛndɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispendieux, sophistiqué, coûteux.".
No misspelling variants are generated for aufwändig in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aufwändig, spelled A-U-F-W-Ä-N-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1Dispendieux, sophistiqué, coûteux.
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.