Abram

[aˈbʁam]

/[aˈbʁam]/ name

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The verdict

“Abram” is uncommon German (frequency #78,828 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,828
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-abram · Abram · German

Abram · rank #78,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,828
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abnehme

Nearest frequency peer: abnehme (-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 „Abram“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Abram“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abram
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbram
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[aˈbʁam]
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,828
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abram“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Abramfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abnehme“ (#78,827), „Ablaufs“ (#78,826), „abschreckendes“ (#78,830). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abram“ bei #78,828. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abram is uncommon German at frequency #78,828 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aˈbʁam]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Abram in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abram, spelled A-B-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Abram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Willibald und Abram wollten heute angeln.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abram"?
"Abram" is spelled A-B-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈbʁam].
What does "Abram" mean?
As a proper noun, "Abram" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Abram"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abram" is [aˈbʁam]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abram" come from?
"Abram" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Abram", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abhob#78,825Akron#78,841alaaf#78,842Altai#78,844

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list