Abbé

[aˈbeː]

/[aˈbeː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Abbé” is uncommon German (frequency #59,389 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,389
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Titel des niederen Weltgeistlichen in Frankreich

Corpus desk

Index DE-abbe · Abbé · German

Abbé · rank #59,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,389
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aalener

Nearest frequency peer: Aalener (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Abbé“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Abbé“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abbé
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbbé
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈbeː]
Letters4
Frequency rank#59,389
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abbé“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Abbéfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Aalener“ (#59,388), „Abdi“ (#59,390), „abgeflacht“ (#59,391). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abbé“ bei #59,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abbé is uncommon German at frequency #59,389 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈbeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Titel des niederen Weltgeistlichen in Frankreich".

Abbé has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abbé, spelled A-B-B-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Titel des niederen Weltgeistlichen in Frankreich

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Abbé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Abbé Frederik beschäftigt sich gerne mit der Bibel.
  2. „Aber der Abbé tat sich wohl offenbar am Anblick ihrer Schönheit gütlich, war aber doch dazu von der Ausübung seiner Amtspflichten zu sehr hingenommen.“

This word in other languages

abbé(English)abbé(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abbé"?
"Abbé" is spelled A-B-B-É. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈbeː].
What does "Abbé" mean?
As a noun, "Abbé" means: Titel des niederen Weltgeistlichen in Frankreich
How do you pronounce "Abbé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abbé" is [aˈbeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abbé" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Abbé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Abdi#59,390agar#59,409wrap#59,346Aras#59,436

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list