Abraxas

[aˈbʁaksas]

/[aˈbʁaksas]/ noun

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The verdict

“Abraxas” is uncommon German (frequency #99,424 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,424
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (in der Gnosis) Geheimname Gottes

Corpus desk

Index DE-abraxas · Abraxas · German

Abraxas · rank #99,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,424
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abneigungen

Nearest frequency peer: Abneigungen (-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 „Abraxas“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abraxas
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbraxas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈbʁaksas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abraxas“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Abraxasfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abneigungen“ (#99,423), „abschleifen“ (#99,425), „Abhebung“ (#99,422). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abraxas“ bei #99,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abraxas is uncommon German at frequency #99,424 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈbʁaksas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Abraxas, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Abraxas, spelled A-B-R-A-X-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    (in der Gnosis) Geheimname Gottes
  2. 2
    Zauberspruch (auf Steinen, die auch als Amulette getragen wurden)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Abraxas war ein mystisches Wort der Gnostiker, ursprünglich vielleicht der wahre Name Gottes.
  2. „Darüber hinaus gibt es unzählige andere Schutzformeln: Abraxas, Jod-He-Vau-He und Tetragammatron [sic] sind nur einige wenige Beispiele.“

Synonyms

Abrasax

This word in other languages

Abraxas(English)abraxas(Español)abraxas(Français)

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 "Abraxas"?
"Abraxas" is spelled A-B-R-A-X-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈbʁaksas].
What does "Abraxas" mean?
As a noun, "Abraxas" means: (in der Gnosis) Geheimname Gottes
How do you pronounce "Abraxas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abraxas" is [aˈbʁaksas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abraxas" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abtöten#99,428Achille#99,431Aalborg#99,413allowed#99,447

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list