abbezahlen
[ˈapbəˌt͡saːlən]
The verdict
“abbezahlen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #72,105 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #72,105
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nach und nach in Raten/Teilbeträgen bezahlen oder zurückzahlen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abbezahlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapbəˌt͡saːlən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abbezahlen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for abbezahlen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapbəˌt͡saːlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,105 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 abbezahlen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is abbezahlen, spelled A-B-B-E-Z-A-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1nach und nach in Raten/Teilbeträgen bezahlen oder zurückzahlen
- 2(sofort) vollständig bezahlen
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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 “abbezahlen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-B-E-Z-A-H-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapbəˌt͡saːlən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.