Abrissbirne
[ˈapʁɪsˌbɪʁnə]
The verdict
“Abrissbirne” is uncommon German (frequency #77,627 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,627
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stahlkugel, die gegen ein Gebäude geschleudert wird, um dieses zum Einsturz zu bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abrissbirne · Abrissbirne · German
Abrissbirne · rank #77,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,627
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 113,935
- PHOTO-FINISH abnorme
Nearest frequency peer: abnorme (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Abrissbirne”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- abgemildert
abgemildert
22,377 corpus weight
- abgetastet
abgetastet
22,376 corpus weight
- abnorme
abnorme
22,375 corpus weight
- Abrissbirne
Abrissbirne
22,374 corpus weight
- abschöpfen
abschöpfen
22,373 corpus weight
- abstruse
abstruse
22,372 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Abrissbirne” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abrissbirne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapʁɪsˌbɪʁnə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abrissbirne” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Abrissbirne is uncommon German at frequency #77,627 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapʁɪsˌbɪʁnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stahlkugel, die gegen ein Gebäude geschleudert wird, um dieses zum Einsturz zu bringen".
Abrissbirne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Abrissbirne, spelled A-B-R-I-S-S-B-I-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1eine Stahlkugel, die gegen ein Gebäude geschleudert wird, um dieses zum Einsturz zu bringen
Synonyms
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Abrissbirne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.