abbas
The verdict
“abbas” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,277
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verehrenswerter Mann, Vater
Corpus desk
Index DE-abbas · abbas · German
abbas · rank #26,277 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,277
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abbringen
Nearest frequency peer: abbringen (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „abbas“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- überziehen
überziehen
73,728 corpus weight
- 1er
1er
73,727 corpus weight
- abbas
abbas
73,724 corpus weight
- abbringen
abbringen
73,723 corpus weight
- abgelaufenen
abgelaufenen
73,722 corpus weight
- abgesperrt
abgesperrt
73,721 corpus weight
What this shows „abbas“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | abbas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „abbas“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around abbas, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,277 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for abbas, with forms such as "ababs", "abas", and "abbass". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is abbas, spelled A-B-B-A-S.
Definition
- 1verehrenswerter Mann, Vater
- 2Vorsteher eines Klosters; der Abt, der Klostervorsteher
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abbas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Cum in heremo Sciti, ubi monachorum probatissimi patres, et omnium sanctorum morabatur perfectio, abbatem Moysen, qui suavius inter illos egregios flores non solum actuali, verum etiam theorica virtute fragrabat, institutione eius fundari cupiens expetissem una cum sancto abbate Germano […], pariterque ab eodem abbate aedificationis sermonem fusis lacrim…
„sed et illud vehementer admiratus sum, quod meis locutus es clericis adserens te per sanctum presbyterum et abbatem monachorum Gregorium mandasse mihi, ne quemquam ordinarem, et ego hoc pollicitus sim dicens: ‚numquid iuvenis sum aut canones ignoro?‘“ (Hier. ep. 51, 2)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ababs
- abas
- abbass
- abbsa
- babas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abbas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abbas", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).