absagen

/[ˈapˌzaːɡn̩]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,793

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

absagen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas Angekündigtes widerrufen, eine Veranstaltung oder sonstiges nicht stattfinden lassen Pronounced [ˈapˌzaːɡn̩]. Often confused with Ansage and Anlagen.

Key facts for absagen
PropertyValue
Headwordabsagen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌzaːɡn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,793
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of absagen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for absagen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌzaːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,793 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas Angekündigtes widerrufen, eine Veranstaltung oder sonstiges nicht stattfinden lassen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for absagen, with forms such as "abasgen", "abbsagen", and "absaegn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ansage", "Anlagen", "ansagen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is absagen, spelled A-B-S-A-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas Angekündigtes widerrufen, eine Veranstaltung oder sonstiges nicht stattfinden lassen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abasgen,abbsagen,absaegn,absagenn,absaggen,absagne,absgaen,abssagen,asbagen,basagen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for absagen

Misspelling Variants of "absagen"

abasgen7abbsagen8absaegn7absagenn8absaggen8absagne7absgaen7abssagen8
Misspelling Variants of "absagen"

Frequency rank: #10,793 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "absagen"?
"absagen" is spelled A-B-S-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌzaːɡn̩].
What does "absagen" mean?
As a verb, "absagen" means: etwas Angekündigtes widerrufen, eine Veranstaltung oder sonstiges nicht stattfinden lassen
What words are commonly confused with "absagen"?
"absagen" is commonly confused with "Ansage", "Anlagen", "ansagen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "absagen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absagen" is [ˈapˌzaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absagen" come from?
"absagen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.