Abfassung
[ˈapˌfasʊŋ]
The verdict
“Abfassung” is uncommon German (frequency #58,507 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,507
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Niederschrift, Formulierung eines Textes
Corpus desk
Index DE-abfassung · Abfassung · German
Abfassung · rank #58,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,507
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abgegriffen
Nearest frequency peer: abgegriffen (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Abfassung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- aaO
aaO
41,498 corpus weight
- abbrach
abbrach
41,496 corpus weight
- Abfassung
Abfassung
41,494 corpus weight
- abgegriffen
abgegriffen
41,493 corpus weight
- abgehaltenen
abgehaltenen
41,492 corpus weight
- abgesaugt
abgesaugt
41,491 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Abfassung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abfassung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌfasʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abfassung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abfassung is uncommon German at frequency #58,507 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌfasʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Niederschrift, Formulierung eines Textes".
Abfassung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Abfassung, spelled A-B-F-A-S-S-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1die Niederschrift, Formulierung eines Textes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abfassung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Abfassung eines Wiktionary-Eintrags ist kein Hexenwerk.
Synonyms
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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