abends

/[ˈaːbn̩t͡s]/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,719

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

abends is anGermanadv. It means: am Abend, während des Abends Pronounced [ˈaːbn̩t͡s]. It ranks #1,719 in German word frequency. Often confused with Agenda and agents.

Key facts for abends
PropertyValue
Headwordabends
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ˈaːbn̩t͡s]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,719
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abends in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abends is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaːbn̩t͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,719 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "am Abend, während des Abends".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for abends, with forms such as "abbends", "abedns", and "abendds". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Agenda", "agents", "Abend", 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 abends, spelled A-B-E-N-D-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    am Abend, während des Abends

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbends,abedns,abendds,abendss,abennds,abensd,abneds,aebnds,baends

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abends

Misspelling Variants of "abends"

abbends7abedns6abendds7abendss7abennds7abensd6abneds6aebnds6
Misspelling Variants of "abends"

Frequency rank: #1,719 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abends"?
"abends" is spelled A-B-E-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːbn̩t͡s].
What does "abends" mean?
As an adv, "abends" means: am Abend, während des Abends
What words are commonly confused with "abends"?
"abends" is commonly confused with "Agenda", "agents", "Abend". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abends"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abends" is [ˈaːbn̩t͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abends" come from?
"abends" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.