abhängen
[ˈapˌhɛŋən]
The verdict
“abhängen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,026
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zur Bedingung haben
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 | abhängen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌhɛŋən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abhängen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around abhängen (IPA [ˈapˌhɛŋən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,026 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for abhängen, with forms such as "abbhängen", "abhhängen", and "abhnägen". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "absagen", "abhängt", "abhauen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is abhängen, spelled A-B-H-Ä-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1zur Bedingung haben
- 2angewiesen sein auf; die Hilfe oder Unterstützung von etwas/jemandem brauchen
- 3(von geschlachteten oder erlegten Tieren) lagern, bis sich die Totenstarre löst
- 4nichts tun
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abbhängen,abhhängen,abhnägen,abhägnen,abhänegn,abhängenn,abhänggen,abhängne,abhänngen,abähngen,ahbängen,bahängen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abhängen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “abhängen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-H-Ä-N-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌhɛŋən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “absagen” - see the side-by-side comparison. abhängen vs absagen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.