Abgas
[ˈapˌɡaːs]
The verdict
“Abgas” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,759
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gasförmiges Produkt einer Reaktion, meist aus einer Verbrennung, das im Regelfall nicht mehr nutzbar ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-abgas · Abgas · German
Abgas · rank #39,759 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,759
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abgesenkt
Nearest frequency peer: abgesenkt (+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 „Abgas“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Abendkleid
Abendkleid
60,244 corpus weight
- Abgas
Abgas
60,242 corpus weight
- abgesenkt
abgesenkt
60,241 corpus weight
- abklären
abklären
60,240 corpus weight
- ablösefrei
ablösefrei
60,239 corpus weight
- abschneidet
abschneidet
60,238 corpus weight
What this shows „Abgas“ 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 | Abgas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌɡaːs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Abgas“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Abgas (IPA [ˈapˌɡaːs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,759 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gasförmiges Produkt einer Reaktion, meist aus einer Verbrennung, das im Regelfall nicht mehr nutzbar ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abgas, with forms such as "abags", "abbgas", and "abgass". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Abos", "ages", "Alias", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abgas, spelled A-B-G-A-S.
Definition
- 1gasförmiges Produkt einer Reaktion, meist aus einer Verbrennung, das im Regelfall nicht mehr nutzbar ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abgas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während in den wohlhabenden Industrieländern das Rauchen zunehmend geächtet wird, sitzen Millionen Menschen in Asien und Afrika über offenem Feuer und inhalieren die Abgase von Holz, Holzkohle und Kerosin.“
„Bei Ottomotoren mit Dreiwegekatalysator werden die im Abgas enthaltenen Schadstoffe Kohlenmonoxid (CO), unverbrannte Kohlenwasserstoffe (HC) und Stickoxide (NOx) umgewandelt in unschädliches Kohlendioxid (CO2), Wasser (H2O) und Stickstoff (N2).“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abags
- abbgas
- abgass
- abggas
- abgsa
- agbas
- bagas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abgas - 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 "Abgas", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).