Abenden
[ˈaːbn̩dən]
The verdict
“Abenden” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #27,166 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,166
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Abend
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 | Abenden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːbn̩dən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abenden” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Abenden is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaːbn̩dən]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,166 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Abend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abenden, with forms such as "abbenden", "abednen", and "abendden". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Anden", "abends", "Arenen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Abenden, spelled A-B-E-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Abend
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abbenden,abednen,abendden,abendenn,abendne,abenedn,abennden,abneden,aebnden,baenden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abenden - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Abenden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-E-N-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaːbn̩dən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Anden” - see the side-by-side comparison. Abenden vs Anden
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.