abends
[ˈaːbn̩t͡s]
The verdict
“abends” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,719
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am Abend, während des Abends
Corpus desk
Index DE-abends · abends · German
abends · rank #1,719 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,719
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH wollt
Nearest frequency peer: wollt (-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 “abends”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Unfall
Unfall
98,285 corpus weight
- ungefähr
ungefähr
98,284 corpus weight
- wollt
wollt
98,283 corpus weight
- abends
abends
98,282 corpus weight
- abgeschloss…
abgeschlossen
98,281 corpus weight
- Ausstellung
Ausstellung
98,280 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “abends” 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 | abends |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈaːbn̩t͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “abends” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around abends (IPA [ˈaːbn̩t͡s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,719 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "am Abend, während des Abends".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abends, with forms such as "abbends", "abedns", and "abendds". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is abends, spelled A-B-E-N-D-S.
Definition
- 1am Abend, während des Abends
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abends appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Wochenende dürfen die Kinder abends länger aufbleiben.
Er ist immer von morgens bis abends unterwegs.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbends
- abedns
- abendds
- abendss
- abennds
- abensd
- abneds
- aebnds
- baends
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abends - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abends", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "abends". Here's where to go from here.
- "abends" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Agenda". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,719 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.