absolut

/[apz̥oˈluːt]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,150

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

absolut is anGermanadj. It means: durch nichts bedingt, von uneingeschränkter Gültigkeit und/oder Verbindlichkeit Pronounced [apz̥oˈluːt]. It ranks #1,150 in German word frequency. Often confused with absolute and absoluten.

Key facts for absolut
PropertyValue
Headwordabsolut
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[apz̥oˈluːt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,150
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of absolut in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for absolut is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apz̥oˈluːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,150 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for absolut, with forms such as "abbsolut", "aboslut", and "abslout". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "absolute", "absoluten", "absoluter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is absolut, spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch nichts bedingt, von uneingeschränkter Gültigkeit und/oder Verbindlichkeit
  2. 2
    unumschränkte Herrschaft betreffend oder habend
  3. 3
    ganz und gar, in vollem Maße
  4. 4
    auf jeden Fall
  5. 5
    sich nicht überbieten oder steigern lassend
  6. 6
    völlig, vollkommen
  7. 7
    von nichts abhängend und zu nichts in Beziehung stehend, an sich betrachtet
  8. 8
    auf eine bestimmte Grundeinheit bezogen
  9. 9
    für sich stehend, von nichts abhängend und/oder sich nicht durch einen Vergleich bestimmen lassend, ohne jegliche Hilfsmittel auskommend
  10. 10
    rein oder fast rein

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbsolut,aboslut,abslout,absollut,absoltu,absolutt,absoult,abssolut,asbolut,basolut

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for absolut

Misspelling Variants of "absolut"

abbsolut8aboslut7abslout7absollut8absoltu7absolutt8absoult7abssolut8
Misspelling Variants of "absolut"

Frequency rank: #1,150 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "absolut"?
"absolut" is spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [apz̥oˈluːt].
What does "absolut" mean?
As an adj, "absolut" means: durch nichts bedingt, von uneingeschränkter Gültigkeit und/oder Verbindlichkeit
What words are commonly confused with "absolut"?
"absolut" is commonly confused with "absolute", "absoluten", "absoluter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "absolut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absolut" is [apz̥oˈluːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absolut" come from?
"absolut" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.