abnormal

/[ˈapnɔʁmaːl]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,679

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

abnormal is anGermanadj. It means: abnorm, nicht normal Pronounced [ˈapnɔʁmaːl].

Key facts for abnormal
PropertyValue
Headwordabnormal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈapnɔʁmaːl]
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,679
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abnormal in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abnormal is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapnɔʁmaːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,679 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "abnorm, nicht normal".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for abnormal, with forms such as "abbnormal", "abnnormal", and "abnomral". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is abnormal, spelled A-B-N-O-R-M-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    abnorm, nicht normal

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbnormal,abnnormal,abnomral,abnoraml,abnormall,abnormla,abnormmal,abnorrmal,abnromal,abonrmal,anbormal,banormal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abnormal

Misspelling Variants of "abnormal"

abbnormal9abnnormal9abnomral8abnoraml8abnormall9abnormla8abnormmal9abnorrmal9
Misspelling Variants of "abnormal"

Frequency rank: #48,679 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abnormal"?
"abnormal" is spelled A-B-N-O-R-M-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapnɔʁmaːl].
What does "abnormal" mean?
As an adj, "abnormal" means: abnorm, nicht normal
What are common misspellings of "abnormal"?
Common misspellings include "abbnormal", "abnnormal", "abnomral", "abnoraml", "abnormall". The correct spelling is "abnormal".
How do you pronounce "abnormal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abnormal" is [ˈapnɔʁmaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abnormal" come from?
"abnormal" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.