Abschaum
[ˈapˌʃaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Abschaum” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,851. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,851
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beim Kochen entstehender Schaum auf der Oberfläche von Flüssigkeiten, der mit einem Schaumlöffel entfernt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschaum · Abschaum · German
Abschaum · rank #12,851 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,851
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abheben
Nearest frequency peer: abheben (-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 „Abschaum“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Öffentlichk…
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
87,153 corpus weight
- Überstunden
Überstunden
87,152 corpus weight
- abheben
abheben
87,151 corpus weight
- Abschaum
Abschaum
87,150 corpus weight
- Absicherung
Absicherung
87,149 corpus weight
- Aktiengesel…
Aktiengesellschaft
87,148 corpus weight
What this shows „Abschaum“ 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 | Abschaum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Abschaum“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Abschaum (IPA [ˈapˌʃaʊ̯m]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,851 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abschaum, with forms such as "abbschaum", "abcshaum", and "abscahum". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Abscheu", "anschaut", "anschaue", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Abschaum, spelled A-B-S-C-H-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1beim Kochen entstehender Schaum auf der Oberfläche von Flüssigkeiten, der mit einem Schaumlöffel entfernt wird
- 2besonders moralisch minderwertiger, verachtenswerter Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abschaum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beim Kochen von Rinderbrühe muss mehrmals der Abschaum entfernt werden, damit die Suppe nicht trüb wird.
Über den mag ich gar nicht mehr reden, er ist doch der letzte Abschaum.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbschaum
- abcshaum
- abscahum
- abscchaum
- abschamu
- abschaumm
- abschhaum
- abschuam
- abshcaum
- absschaum
- asbchaum
- baschaum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abschaum - 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.
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 "Abschaum", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).