Abfälle
[ˈapˌfɛlə]
The verdict
“Abfälle” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,475
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Abfall
Corpus desk
Index DE-abfalle · Abfälle · German
Abfälle · rank #19,475 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,475
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 113,935
- PHOTO-FINISH abgerechnet
Nearest frequency peer: abgerechnet (+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 “Abfälle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ästhetischen
ästhetischen
80,529 corpus weight
- Ökonom
Ökonom
80,528 corpus weight
- Abfälle
Abfälle
80,526 corpus weight
- abgerechnet
abgerechnet
80,525 corpus weight
- abkühlen
abkühlen
80,524 corpus weight
- Abmessungen
Abmessungen
80,523 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Abfälle” 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 | Abfälle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌfɛlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abfälle” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Abfälle (IPA [ˈapˌfɛlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,475 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abfälle, with forms such as "abbfälle", "abffälle", and "abfläle". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Anfall", "Abfolge", "Anfälle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Abfälle, spelled A-B-F-Ä-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Abfall
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Abfall
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Abfall
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbfälle
- abffälle
- abfläle
- abfäle
- abfälel
- abäflle
- afbälle
- bafälle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abfälle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 May 6, 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 "Abfälle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.