Aba
[aˈbaː]
The verdict
“Aba” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #22,595) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #22,595
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weiter Umhang der Araber in sackartigem Zuschnitt
Corpus desk
Index DE-aba · Aba · German
Aba · rank #22,595 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,595
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 113,935
- PHOTO-FINISH Abenteurer
Nearest frequency peer: Abenteurer (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Aba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- überredet
überredet
77,409 corpus weight
- Übertragung…
Übertragungen
77,408 corpus weight
- Aba
Aba
77,406 corpus weight
- Abenteurer
Abenteurer
77,405 corpus weight
- abgehört
abgehört
77,404 corpus weight
- abliefern
abliefern
77,403 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Aba” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aba |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈbaː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #22,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aba” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Aba is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "am", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [aˈbaː]. Frequency #22,595 among 113,935 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Aba, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "am", "AG", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Aba, spelled A-B-A.
Definition
- 1weiter Umhang der Araber in sackartigem Zuschnitt
- 2grober Wollstoff
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hatte weiter nichts an als seine Aba.
„Zum Schutze gegen die Kälte der Sommernächte passend, kann ein in eine Aba gehüllter Reisender sich trotz mehrstündigen Regens trocken erhalten […].“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.