Abscheidung
[ˈapˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ]
The verdict
“Abscheidung” is an uncommon German word, ranked #84,878 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,878
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Abtrennen von festen, flüssigen oder gasförmigen Stoffen durch besondere Anlagen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abscheidung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abscheidung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Abscheidung is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,878 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Abscheidung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Abscheidung, spelled A-B-S-C-H-E-I-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Abtrennen von festen, flüssigen oder gasförmigen Stoffen durch besondere Anlagen
- 2das Abscheiden fester oder flüssiger organischer Stoffe
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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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Using “Abscheidung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-S-C-H-E-I-D-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.