Absätze

[ˈapˌzɛt͡sə]

/[ˈapˌzɛt͡sə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Absätze” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,151
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Absatz

Corpus desk

Index DE-absatze · Absätze · German

Absätze · rank #20,151 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,151
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abtreten

Nearest frequency peer: abtreten (+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 „Absätze“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Absätze“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Absätze vs Ansatz
57% similar
Absätze vs Ansätze
86% similar
Absätze vs absetzt
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Absätze
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbsätze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapˌzɛt͡sə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,151
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Absätze“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Absätzeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „abtreten“ (#20,152), „acta“ (#20,153), „übersteigen“ (#20,148). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Absätze“ bei #20,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Absätze (IPA [ˈapˌzɛt͡sə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,151 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Absätze, with forms such as "abbsätze", "abssätze", and "abstäze". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Ansatz", "Ansätze", "absetzt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Absätze, spelled A-B-S-Ä-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Absatz
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Absatz
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Absatz

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbsätze
  • abssätze
  • abstäze
  • absätez
  • absättze
  • absätzze
  • absäzte
  • abästze
  • asbätze
  • basätze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Absätze - 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.

abbsätze1abssätze1abstäze2absätez2absättze1absätzze1absäzte2abästze2
Edit distance from "Absätze"

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 "Absätze"?
"Absätze" is spelled A-B-S-Ä-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌzɛt͡sə].
What does "Absätze" mean?
As a noun, "Absätze" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Absatz
What words are commonly confused with "Absätze"?
"Absätze" is commonly confused with "Ansatz", "Ansätze", "absetzt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Absätze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Absätze" is [ˈapˌzɛt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Absätze" come from?
"Absätze" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aufnahm#20,167zehnmal#20,135ausgibt#20,173Waldeck#20,122

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Autohaus10 variantsbelogen10 variantsTrauung10 variantsTaucher10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list