abschreckend
[ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩t]
The verdict
“abschreckend” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,034
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das jemanden (oder etwas) fern halten soll, indem es erschreckend wirkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschreckend · abschreckend · German
abschreckend · rank #35,034 · 20 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,034
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abschicken
Nearest frequency peer: abschicken (-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 „abschreckend“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- above
above
64,970 corpus weight
- abrechnen
abrechnen
64,969 corpus weight
- abschicken
abschicken
64,968 corpus weight
- abschreckend
abschreckend
64,967 corpus weight
- abstract
abstract
64,966 corpus weight
- abwickeln
abwickeln
64,965 corpus weight
What this shows „abschreckend“ 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 | abschreckend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #35,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „abschreckend“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around abschreckend (IPA [ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,034 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for abschreckend, with forms such as "abbschreckend", "abcshreckend", and "abscchreckend". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Abschreckung", "abschrecken", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is abschreckend, spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1etwas, das jemanden (oder etwas) fern halten soll, indem es erschreckend wirkt
- 2rasch abkühlend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschreckend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Krankengeschichten sollen abschreckende Beispiele darstellen.
Nachdem sie ihre neue Bleibe anfangs eher abschreckend fand, fühlt sie sich mittlerweile rundum wohl.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbschreckend
- abcshreckend
- abscchreckend
- abscherckend
- abschhreckend
- abschrcekend
- abschrecckend
- abschreceknd
- abschreckedn
- abschreckendd
- abschreckennd
- abschreckkend
- abschreckned
- abschrekcend
- abschrreckend
- abscrheckend
- abshcreckend
- absschreckend
- asbchreckend
- baschreckend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abschreckend - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abschreckend", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).