abrupt
[apˈʁʊpt]
The verdict
“abrupt” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,507
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plötzlich, unvermittelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-abrupt · abrupt · German
abrupt · rank #21,507 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,507
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Absprachen
Nearest frequency peer: Absprachen (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „abrupt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- abbilden
abbilden
78,497 corpus weight
- abgebildeten
abgebildeten
78,496 corpus weight
- abrupt
abrupt
78,494 corpus weight
- Absprachen
Absprachen
78,493 corpus weight
- absprechen
absprechen
78,492 corpus weight
- Abwägung
Abwägung
78,491 corpus weight
What this shows „abrupt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | abrupt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [apˈʁʊpt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „abrupt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around abrupt (IPA [apˈʁʊpt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,507 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abrupt, with forms such as "abbrupt", "abrput", and "abrrupt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "anruft", "about", "Abruf", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is abrupt, spelled A-B-R-U-P-T.
Definition
- 1plötzlich, unvermittelt
- 2ohne Zusammenhang
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abrupt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er beendete abrupt seinen Vortrag und stürmte zur Tür hinaus.
Der Taxifahrer bremste abrupt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbrupt
- abrput
- abrrupt
- abruppt
- abruptt
- abrutp
- aburpt
- arbupt
- barupt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abrupt - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abrupt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).