ablesen
[ˈapˌleːzn̩]
The verdict
“ablesen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,225
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Wert festhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-ablesen · ablesen · German
ablesen · rank #14,225 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,225
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abhilfe
Nearest frequency peer: Abhilfe (-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 „ablesen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- abbiegen
abbiegen
85,779 corpus weight
- abe
abe
85,778 corpus weight
- Abhilfe
Abhilfe
85,777 corpus weight
- ablesen
ablesen
85,776 corpus weight
- abläuft
abläuft
85,775 corpus weight
- abzuwarten
abzuwarten
85,774 corpus weight
What this shows „ablesen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | ablesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌleːzn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ablesen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ablesen (IPA [ˈapˌleːzn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,225 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ablesen, with forms such as "abblesen", "abelsen", and "ableesn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ablöse", "Alleen", "anlegen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ablesen, spelled A-B-L-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Wert festhalten
- 2etwas Geschriebenes laut sprechen
- 3aus etwas folgern
- 4mit den Händen einzeln ernten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ablesen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf Wunsch der Kunden sollen künftig auch Dritte die Stromzähler ablesen können, etwa spezialisierte Dienstleister.“
„Die Uhr auf dem Turm der Kirche war ein Geschenk Franz Graf Nadásdys, der, da er gegenüber im Harnischhaus wohnte, von seinen Fenstern aus die Stunde ablesen wollte und deshalb auf seine Kosten eine Uhr anfertigen ließ; […]“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abblesen
- abelsen
- ableesn
- ablesenn
- ablesne
- ablessen
- abllesen
- ablseen
- albesen
- balesen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ablesen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ablesen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).