abscheulich
[apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“abscheulich” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,419. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,419
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ekel, Abscheu, Widerwillen, Ablehnung erregend
Corpus desk
Index DE-abscheulich · abscheulich · German
abscheulich · rank #33,419 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #33,419
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abgleich
Nearest frequency peer: Abgleich (-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 „abscheulich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- abgefüllt
abgefüllt
66,585 corpus weight
- abgeklärt
abgeklärt
66,584 corpus weight
- Abgleich
Abgleich
66,583 corpus weight
- abscheulich
abscheulich
66,582 corpus weight
- absurdum
absurdum
66,581 corpus weight
- abzubilden
abzubilden
66,580 corpus weight
What this shows „abscheulich“ 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 | abscheulich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #33,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „abscheulich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around abscheulich (IPA [apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,419 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for abscheulich, with forms such as "abbscheulich", "abcsheulich", and "absccheulich". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "anschaulich", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abscheulich, spelled A-B-S-C-H-E-U-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Ekel, Abscheu, Widerwillen, Ablehnung erregend
- 2(moralisch) verwerflich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abscheulich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele Leute finden Schlangen abscheulich.
Das ist ja eine abscheuliche Farbkombination!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbscheulich
- abcsheulich
- absccheulich
- abscehulich
- abscheluich
- abscheuilch
- abscheulcih
- abscheulicch
- abscheulichh
- abscheulihc
- abscheullich
- abschheulich
- abschuelich
- abshceulich
- absscheulich
- asbcheulich
- bascheulich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abscheulich - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "abscheulich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).