Abriss
[ˈapʁɪs]
The verdict
“Abriss” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,314 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,314
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bewusste, geplante Zerstörung (zum Beispiel eines Gebäudes)
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 | Abriss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapʁɪs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abriss” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Abriss is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapʁɪs]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,314 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abriss, with forms such as "abbriss", "abirss", and "abris". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "across", "Aufriss", "Abrams", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Abriss, spelled A-B-R-I-S-S.
Definition
- 1bewusste, geplante Zerstörung (zum Beispiel eines Gebäudes)
- 2Teil eines Gegenstandes (meist einer Eintrittskarte oder Ähnlichem), der zur Entwertung abgerissen wird
- 3knappe, kurze Zusammenfassung (zum Beispiel einer Geschichte, eines Textes oder Ähnlichem)
- 4unverschämt hohe Forderung nach einem bestimmten Preis
- 5Zeichnung eines Umrisses
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abbriss,abirss,abris,abriß,abrriss,abrsis,arbiss,bariss
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abriss - 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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Using “Abriss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-R-I-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapʁɪs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “across” - see the side-by-side comparison. Abriss vs across
- 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.