abhanden
[apˈhandn̩]
The verdict
“abhanden” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,866. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,866
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verloren gehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abhanden · abhanden · German
abhanden · rank #21,866 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,866
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abendmahl
Nearest frequency peer: Abendmahl (-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 „abhanden“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- abartig
abartig
78,138 corpus weight
- Abdeckung
Abdeckung
78,137 corpus weight
- Abendmahl
Abendmahl
78,136 corpus weight
- abhanden
abhanden
78,135 corpus weight
- Abiturienten
Abiturienten
78,134 corpus weight
- Abstecher
Abstecher
78,133 corpus weight
What this shows „abhanden“ 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 | abhanden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [apˈhandn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „abhanden“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around abhanden (IPA [apˈhandn̩]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #21,866 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for abhanden, with forms such as "abahnden", "abbhanden", and "abhadnen". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "ahnden", "abhauen", "abladen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 abhanden, spelled A-B-H-A-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1verloren gehen
- 2widerrechtlich entwendet werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abhanden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wem vielleicht sei altes Hannchen / Irgendwie abhanden kam, / Nur getrost, es gab schon manchen, / Der ein neues Hannchen nahm.“
„Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen“ (erste Zeile aus dem gleichnamigem, von Gustav Mahler vertonten Gedicht Friedrich Rückerts)
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abahnden
- abbhanden
- abhadnen
- abhandden
- abhandenn
- abhandne
- abhanedn
- abhannden
- abhhanden
- abhnaden
- ahbanden
- bahanden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abhanden - 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 "abhanden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).