Abstammung
[ˈapˌʃtamʊŋ]
The verdict
“Abstammung” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #11,803 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,803
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Herkunft von Organismen bezüglich der evolutionären Stammesentwicklung mit der Weitergabe von Erbanlagen; familiäre Herkunft einer Person zur Bestimmung des Verwandtschaftsgrades
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 | Abstammung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃtamʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abstammung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Abstammung is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʃtamʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,803 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Herkunft von Organismen bezüglich der evolutionären Stammesentwicklung mit der Weitergabe von Erbanlagen; familiäre Herkunft einer Person zur Bestimmung des Verwandtschaftsgrades".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abstammung, with forms such as "abbstammung", "absatmmung", and "absstammung". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Abstimmung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Abstammung, spelled A-B-S-T-A-M-M-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Herkunft von Organismen bezüglich der evolutionären Stammesentwicklung mit der Weitergabe von Erbanlagen; familiäre Herkunft einer Person zur Bestimmung des Verwandtschaftsgrades
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abbstammung,absatmmung,absstammung,abstammnug,abstammugn,abstammungg,abstammunng,abstamumng,abstamung,abstmamung,absttammung,abtsammung,asbtammung,bastammung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abstammung - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Abstammung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-S-T-A-M-M-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌʃtamʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Abstimmung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Abstammung vs Abstimmung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.