absolute

/[apz̥oˈluːtə]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,227

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

absolute is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs absolut Pronounced [apz̥oˈluːtə]. It ranks #3,227 in German word frequency. Often confused with absoluten and absoluter.

Key facts for absolute
PropertyValue
Headwordabsolute
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[apz̥oˈluːtə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,227
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for absolute is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apz̥oˈluːtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,227 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for absolute, with forms such as "abbsolute", "aboslute", and "absloute". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "absoluten", "absoluter", "absolutes", 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 absolute, spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbsolute,aboslute,absloute,absollute,absoltue,absoluet,absolutte,absoulte,abssolute,asbolute,basolute

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for absolute

Misspelling Variants of "absolute"

abbsolute9aboslute8absloute8absollute9absoltue8absoluet8absolutte9absoulte8
Misspelling Variants of "absolute"

Frequency rank: #3,227 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "absolute"?
"absolute" is spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [apz̥oˈluːtə].
What does "absolute" mean?
As an adj, "absolute" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs absolut
What words are commonly confused with "absolute"?
"absolute" is commonly confused with "absoluten", "absoluter", "absolutes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "absolute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absolute" is [apz̥oˈluːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absolute" come from?
"absolute" 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.