Abkühlung

[ˈapˌkyːlʊŋ]

/[ˈapˌkyːlʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Abkühlung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,805. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,805
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absinken der Temperatur

Corpus desk

Index DE-abkuhlung · Abkühlung · German

Abkühlung · rank #15,805 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,805
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Absender

Nearest frequency peer: Absender (+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 „Abkühlung“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Abkühlung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

Abkühlung vs Abkürzung
78% similar
Abkühlung vs abkühlen
67% similar

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

Key facts for Abkühlung
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbkühlung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapˌkyːlʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,805
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Abkühlung“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Abkühlungliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Absender“ (#15,806), „Überzeugungen“ (#15,803), „Abweichung“ (#15,807). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abkühlung“ bei #15,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Abkühlung (IPA [ˈapˌkyːlʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,805 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abkühlung, with forms such as "abbkühlung", "abkhülung", and "abkkühlung". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Abkürzung", "abkühlen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Abkühlung, spelled A-B-K-Ü-H-L-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absinken der Temperatur
  2. 2
    Absenken der Temperatur
  3. 3
    Abschwächung eines emotionalen Zustandes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Abkühlung am Abend bringt im Sommer oft eine willkommene Erholung.
  2. „Wenn Salze gelöst werden, sind oft Temperaturänderungen zu beobachten. So löst sich Kaliumchlorid unter Abkühlung, Lithiumchlorid dagegen unter Erwärmung.“

Antonyms

ErwärmungAufstachelung

This word in other languages

chilling(English)enfriamiento(Español)rafraîchissement(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbkühlung
  • abkhülung
  • abkkühlung
  • abkühhlung
  • abkühllung
  • abkühlnug
  • abkühlugn
  • abkühlungg
  • abkühlunng
  • abkühulng
  • abkülhung
  • abükhlung
  • akbühlung
  • bakühlung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abkühlung - 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.

abbkühlung1abkhülung2abkkühlung1abkühhlung1abkühllung1abkühlnug2abkühlugn2abkühlungg1
Edit distance from "Abkühlung"

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 "Abkühlung"?
"Abkühlung" is spelled A-B-K-Ü-H-L-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌkyːlʊŋ].
What does "Abkühlung" mean?
As a noun, "Abkühlung" means: Absinken der Temperatur
What words are commonly confused with "Abkühlung"?
"Abkühlung" is commonly confused with "Abkürzung", "abkühlen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Abkühlung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abkühlung" is [ˈapˌkyːlʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abkühlung" come from?
"Abkühlung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wegwerfen#15,794vorweisen#15,789Vorlieben#15,787Bahnhöfen#15,828

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

auszugeben14 variantsverwirrend14 variantsVerlusten14 variantsverdoppeln14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list