Abneigung
[ˈapˌnaɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Abneigung” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #13,996 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,996
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - leichter Widerwille gegen etwas oder eine Person, oft ohne das genau begründen zu können
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 | Abneigung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌnaɪ̯ɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abneigung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Abneigung is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌnaɪ̯ɡʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,996 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "leichter Widerwille gegen etwas oder eine Person, oft ohne das genau begründen zu können".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abneigung, with forms such as "abbneigung", "abenigung", and "abnegiung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Abteilung", "Aneignung", "Abweisung", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abneigung, spelled A-B-N-E-I-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1leichter Widerwille gegen etwas oder eine Person, oft ohne das genau begründen zu können
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abbneigung,abenigung,abnegiung,abneiggung,abneignug,abneigugn,abneigungg,abneigunng,abneiugng,abniegung,abnneigung,anbeigung,baneigung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abneigung - 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.
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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Using “Abneigung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-N-E-I-G-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌnaɪ̯ɡʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Abteilung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Abneigung vs Abteilung
- 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.