abbrechen
Letters
9 characters
Frequency Rank
#10,405
in German word usage
Misspellings
12
tracked variants
Confusables
8
similar word pairs
abbrechen is aGermanverb. It means: durch Krafteinwirkung einen Teil vom Ganzen trennen, teilen Pronounced [ˈapˌbʁɛçn̩]. Often confused with abdrehen and abrechnen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abbrechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌbʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for abbrechen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌbʁɛçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,405 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for abbrechen, with forms such as "abberchen", "abbrcehen", and "abbrecchen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "abdrehen", "abrechnen", "abbremsen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is abbrechen, spelled A-B-B-R-E-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1durch Krafteinwirkung einen Teil vom Ganzen trennen, teilen
- 2etwas beenden, unterbrechen
- 3Prozess annullieren
- 4ein Bauwerk oder Schiff abreißen, demontieren, rückbauen
- 5Zelt, Lager beenden oder abbauen
- 6durch Krafteinwirkung abgetrennt werden
- 7aufhören, verstummen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abberchen,abbrcehen,abbrecchen,abbrecehn,abbrechenn,abbrechhen,abbrechne,abbrehcen,abbrrechen,abrbechen,abrechen,babrechen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abbrechen
Misspelling Variants of "abbrechen"
Frequency rank: #10,405 in German
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