Ablass
[ˈapˌlas]
The verdict
“Ablass” is uncommon German (frequency #59,397 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,397
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - technische Einrichtung zum Ablassen von Flüssigkeiten und Gasen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ablass · Ablass · German
Ablass · rank #59,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,397
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abhängiger
Nearest frequency peer: abhängiger (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ablass“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abgezeichnet
abgezeichnet
40,607 corpus weight
- abgrenzt
abgrenzt
40,606 corpus weight
- abhängiger
abhängiger
40,605 corpus weight
- Ablass
Ablass
40,604 corpus weight
- abmachen
abmachen
40,603 corpus weight
- abnehmenden
abnehmenden
40,602 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ablass“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ablass |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌlas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ablass“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ablass is uncommon German at frequency #59,397 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌlas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ablass in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ablass, spelled A-B-L-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1technische Einrichtung zum Ablassen von Flüssigkeiten und Gasen
- 2Erlass oder Nachlass von Bußstrafen (nicht aber von Sünden) für Lebende oder Verstorbene, der als von Gott geschenkt durch die Kirche vermittelt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ablass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Fass hat keinen Ablass.
Johann Tetzel verkaufte jede Menge Ablässe.
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.
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