abfackeln
[ˈapˌfakl̩n]
The verdict
“abfackeln” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,679
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Erdölproduktion nicht verwertbare Gase verbrennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abfackeln · abfackeln · German
abfackeln · rank #43,679 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #43,679
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abendliche
Nearest frequency peer: abendliche (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „abfackeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 4D
4D
56,326 corpus weight
- abendliche
abendliche
56,323 corpus weight
- abfackeln
abfackeln
56,322 corpus weight
- abgebucht
abgebucht
56,321 corpus weight
- abgelehnten
abgelehnten
56,320 corpus weight
- abräumen
abräumen
56,319 corpus weight
What this shows „abfackeln“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | abfackeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌfakl̩n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #43,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „abfackeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around abfackeln (IPA [ˈapˌfakl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,679 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for abfackeln, with forms such as "abafckeln", "abbfackeln", and "abfacckeln". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "abwickeln", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is abfackeln, spelled A-B-F-A-C-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1in der Erdölproduktion nicht verwertbare Gase verbrennen
- 2mit Feuer vollständig zerstören
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abfackeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bis die Anlage wieder betriebsbereit war, mußte das ausströmende Gas abgefackelt werden.
Die haben vor, das Auto abzufackeln!
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abafckeln
- abbfackeln
- abfacckeln
- abfacekln
- abfackelln
- abfackelnn
- abfackenl
- abfackkeln
- abfacklen
- abfakceln
- abfcakeln
- abffackeln
- afbackeln
- bafackeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abfackeln - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abfackeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).