Abi

[ˈabi]

/[ˈabi]/ noun

The verdict

“Abi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,313) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,313
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abschlussprüfung an einer höheren Schule, deren erfolgreiche Absolvierung zum Hochschulstudium berechtigt

Corpus desk

Index DE-abi · Abi · German

Abi · rank #9,313 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,313
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abgelaufen

Nearest frequency peer: abgelaufen (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Abi“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Abi“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Abi vs an
0% similar
Abi vs am
0% similar
Abi vs AG
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Abi
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈabi]
Letters3
Frequency rank#9,313
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Abi“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Abiliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „abgelaufen“ (#9,312), „Abriss“ (#9,314), „Öffnungszeiten“ (#9,311). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abi“ bei #9,313. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Abi is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "am", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈabi]. Frequency #9,313 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Abschlussprüfung an einer höheren Schule, deren erfolgreiche Absolvierung zum Hochschulstudium berechtigt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Abi, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "am", "AG", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Abi, spelled A-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abschlussprüfung an einer höheren Schule, deren erfolgreiche Absolvierung zum Hochschulstudium berechtigt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Abi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie macht nächstes Jahr ihr Abi.
  2. Ich bin durch das Abi gefallen.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abi"?
"Abi" is spelled A-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈabi].
What does "Abi" mean?
As a noun, "Abi" means: Abschlussprüfung an einer höheren Schule, deren erfolgreiche Absolvierung zum Hochschulstudium berechtigt
What words are commonly confused with "Abi"?
"Abi" is commonly confused with "an", "am", "AG". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Abi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abi" is [ˈabi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abi" come from?
"Abi" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Abi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list