abbas

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,277

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

abbas is aGermannoun. It means: verehrenswerter Mann, Vater Often confused with alba and Abos.

Key facts for abbas
PropertyValue
Headwordabbas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,277
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abbas in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abbas is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #26,277 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for abbas, with forms such as "ababs", "abas", and "abbass". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "alba", "Abos", "Abby", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is abbas, spelled A-B-B-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    verehrenswerter Mann, Vater
  2. 2
    Vorsteher eines Klosters; der Abt, der Klostervorsteher

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ababs,abas,abbass,abbsa,babas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abbas

Misspelling Variants of "abbas"

ababs5abas4abbass6abbsa5babas5
Misspelling Variants of "abbas"

Frequency rank: #26,277 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abbas"?
"abbas" is spelled A-B-B-A-S.
What does "abbas" mean?
As a noun, "abbas" means: verehrenswerter Mann, Vater
What words are commonly confused with "abbas"?
"abbas" is commonly confused with "alba", "Abos", "Abby". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "abbas" come from?
"abbas" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.