Abfangjäger
[ˈapfaŋˌjɛːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Abfangjäger” is uncommon German (frequency #88,602 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,602
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jagdflugzeuge, die Bedrohungen im Luftraum rechtzeitig bekämpfen sollen, insbesondere feindliche Bomber
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abfangjäger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapfaŋˌjɛːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abfangjäger” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Abfangjäger is uncommon German at frequency #88,602 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapfaŋˌjɛːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jagdflugzeuge, die Bedrohungen im Luftraum rechtzeitig bekämpfen sollen, insbesondere feindliche Bomber".
Abfangjäger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Abfangjäger, spelled A-B-F-A-N-G-J-Ä-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Jagdflugzeuge, die Bedrohungen im Luftraum rechtzeitig bekämpfen sollen, insbesondere feindliche Bomber
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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 “Abfangjäger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-F-A-N-G-J-Ä-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.