abschätzen
[ˈapˌʃɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“abschätzen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,599
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden prüfend schätzen, veranschlagen, taxieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschatzen · abschätzen · German
abschätzen · rank #22,599 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,599
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abliefern
Nearest frequency peer: abliefern (-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 “abschätzen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Abenteurer
Abenteurer
77,405 corpus weight
- abgehört
abgehört
77,404 corpus weight
- abliefern
abliefern
77,403 corpus weight
- abschätzen
abschätzen
77,402 corpus weight
- absichern
absichern
77,401 corpus weight
- abzugrenzen
abzugrenzen
77,400 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “abschätzen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | abschätzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #22,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abschätzen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around abschätzen (IPA [ˈapˌʃɛt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,599 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas oder jemanden prüfend schätzen, veranschlagen, taxieren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for abschätzen, with forms such as "abbschätzen", "abcshätzen", and "abscchätzen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Abschätzung", "abzuschätzen", "Absätzen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is abschätzen, spelled A-B-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden prüfend schätzen, veranschlagen, taxieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschätzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Dimension des Doping-Skandals von Seefeld und der Umfang der Ausweitung auf andere Sportarten ist längst noch nicht abzuschätzen.
Schwer abzuschätzen seien die Auswirkungen [auf] der Corona-Pandemie auf den Arbeitsmarkt.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbschätzen
- abcshätzen
- abscchätzen
- abschhätzen
- abschtäzen
- abschätezn
- abschättzen
- abschätzenn
- abschätzne
- abschätzzen
- abschäzten
- abscähtzen
- abshcätzen
- absschätzen
- asbchätzen
- baschätzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abschätzen - 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.
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 September 2, 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 "abschätzen", 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).
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.