abbilden
[ˈapˌbɪldn̩]
The verdict
“abbilden” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,504
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas visuell darstellen oder zeigen, etwa auf einem Foto oder in einer Zeichnung
Corpus desk
Index DE-abbilden · abbilden · German
abbilden · rank #21,504 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,504
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abgebildeten
Nearest frequency peer: abgebildeten (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “abbilden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- übertrifft
übertrifft
78,501 corpus weight
- überzeugende
überzeugende
78,500 corpus weight
- abbilden
abbilden
78,497 corpus weight
- abgebildeten
abgebildeten
78,496 corpus weight
- abrupt
abrupt
78,494 corpus weight
- Absprachen
Absprachen
78,493 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “abbilden” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | abbilden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌbɪldn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “abbilden” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around abbilden (IPA [ˈapˌbɪldn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,504 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for abbilden, with forms such as "abbidlen", "abbildden", and "abbildenn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "abfinden", "abbildet", "abmelden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is abbilden, spelled A-B-B-I-L-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas visuell darstellen oder zeigen, etwa auf einem Foto oder in einer Zeichnung
- 2ein Element einer Menge einem anderen Element zuordnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abbilden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Foto bildet meine Großmutter ab. Es ist das einzige Foto, auf dem sie zu sehen ist.
In dieser Zeichnung werden verschiedene Vögel abgebildet.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbidlen
- abbildden
- abbildenn
- abbildne
- abbiledn
- abbillden
- abbliden
- abiblden
- abilden
- babilden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abbilden - 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 "abbilden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "abbilden" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "abfinden". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #21,504 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.