abschalten
[ˈapˌʃaltn̩]
The verdict
“abschalten” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,980
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Gerät oder eine Anlage außer Betrieb setzen, stromlos machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschalten · abschalten · German
abschalten · rank #8,980 · 16 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,980
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abgaben
Nearest frequency peer: Abgaben (-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 „abschalten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zürcher
Zürcher
91,024 corpus weight
- Ärztin
Ärztin
91,023 corpus weight
- Abgaben
Abgaben
91,022 corpus weight
- abschalten
abschalten
91,021 corpus weight
- Adressen
Adressen
91,020 corpus weight
- Airlines
Airlines
91,019 corpus weight
What this shows „abschalten“ 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 | abschalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃaltn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „abschalten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around abschalten (IPA [ˈapˌʃaltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,980 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for abschalten, with forms such as "abbschalten", "abcshalten", and "abscahlten". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "aushalten", "abzuhalten", "abschätzen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is abschalten, spelled A-B-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Gerät oder eine Anlage außer Betrieb setzen, stromlos machen
- 2die Konzentration verlieren, nicht bei der Sache sein, unaufmerksam sein
- 3für eine gewisse Zeit nicht an Stressiges, Berufliches, Sorgen, Negatives denken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schalt doch mal den Rasensprenger ab, es regnet gleich!
Das Kraftwerk soll noch in diesem Jahr abgeschaltet werden.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbschalten
- abcshalten
- abscahlten
- abscchalten
- abschaletn
- abschallten
- abschaltenn
- abschaltne
- abschaltten
- abschatlen
- abschhalten
- abschlaten
- abshcalten
- absschalten
- asbchalten
- baschalten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abschalten - 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 "abschalten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).