Aba
[aˈbaː]
The verdict
“Aba” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,595 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,595
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weiter Umhang der Araber in sackartigem Zuschnitt
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Aba is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈbaː]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,595 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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.
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Using “Aba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈbaː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “an” - see the side-by-side comparison. Aba vs an
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.