Abel
[ˈaːbl̩]
The verdict
“Abel” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,282) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,282
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-abel · Abel · German
Abel · rank #15,282 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,282
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abbauen
Nearest frequency peer: abbauen (-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 “Abel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- übermittelt
übermittelt
84,722 corpus weight
- Überweisung
Überweisung
84,721 corpus weight
- abbauen
abbauen
84,720 corpus weight
- Abel
Abel
84,719 corpus weight
- abgesichert
abgesichert
84,718 corpus weight
- abgesprochen
abgesprochen
84,717 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Abel” 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 | Abel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːbl̩] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #15,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abel” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Abel is neighbouring look-alikes ("ae", "are", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈaːbl̩]. Frequency #15,282 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abel, with forms such as "abbel", "abell", and "aebl". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ae", "are", "Abo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Abel, spelled A-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als Abel seiner Frau die dritte uneheliche Tochter vorstellte, war es um seine Ehe geschehen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbel
- abell
- aebl
- bael
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abel - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Abel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "Abel" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ae". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,282 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.