abscheuliche

[apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪçə]

/[apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪçə]/ adj

The verdict

“abscheuliche” is uncommon German (frequency #56,729 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,729
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich

Corpus desk

Index DE-abscheuliche · abscheuliche · German

abscheuliche · rank #56,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,729
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abfüllen

Nearest frequency peer: abfüllen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „abscheuliche“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abscheuliche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abscheuliche
PropertyValue
Headwordabscheuliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪçə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#56,729
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abscheuliche“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abscheulichefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abfüllen“ (#56,728), „abzulassen“ (#56,730), „Abführmittel“ (#56,727). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abscheuliche“ bei #56,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abscheuliche is uncommon German at frequency #56,729 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for abscheuliche in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is abscheuliche, spelled A-B-S-C-H-E-U-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abscheuliche"?
"abscheuliche" is spelled A-B-S-C-H-E-U-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪçə].
What does "abscheuliche" mean?
As an adjective, "abscheuliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abscheulich
How do you pronounce "abscheuliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abscheuliche" is [apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abscheuliche" come from?
"abscheuliche" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abscheuliche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list