Ableismus
[ɛɪ̯bəˈlɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Ableismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Denk- und Handlungsmuster, die zu Vorurteilen und Diskriminierung gegenüber Behinderten und chronisch Kranken führen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ableismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɪ̯bəˈlɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ableismus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ableismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɪ̯bəˈlɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Denk- und Handlungsmuster, die zu Vorurteilen und Diskriminierung gegenüber Behinderten und chronisch Kranken führen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ableismus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Ableismus, spelled A-B-L-E-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Denk- und Handlungsmuster, die zu Vorurteilen und Diskriminierung gegenüber Behinderten und chronisch Kranken führen
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Ableismus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-L-E-I-S-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɪ̯bəˈlɪsmʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.