Abblendlicht
[ˈapblɛntˌlɪçt]
The verdict
“Abblendlicht” is uncommon German (frequency #99,414 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,414
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Scheinwerferlicht, welches so eingestellt sein muss, dass entgegenkommende Fahrzeuge nicht geblendet werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abblendlicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapblɛntˌlɪçt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #99,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abblendlicht” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Abblendlicht is uncommon German at frequency #99,414 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapblɛntˌlɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Scheinwerferlicht, welches so eingestellt sein muss, dass entgegenkommende Fahrzeuge nicht geblendet werden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Abblendlicht in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Abblendlicht, spelled A-B-B-L-E-N-D-L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Scheinwerferlicht, welches so eingestellt sein muss, dass entgegenkommende Fahrzeuge nicht geblendet werden
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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 “Abblendlicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-B-L-E-N-D-L-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.