absurd
[apˈzʊʁt]
The verdict
“absurd” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,709. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,709
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - widersinnig, dem gesunden Menschenverstand widersprechend, abwegig, sinnlos
Corpus desk
Index DE-absurd · absurd · German
absurd · rank #7,709 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,709
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abteilungen
Nearest frequency peer: Abteilungen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “absurd”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- überfallen
überfallen
92,295 corpus weight
- abgebaut
abgebaut
92,294 corpus weight
- absurd
absurd
92,292 corpus weight
- Abteilungen
Abteilungen
92,291 corpus weight
- Abwesenheit
Abwesenheit
92,290 corpus weight
- Akzeptanz
Akzeptanz
92,289 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “absurd” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | absurd |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [apˈzʊʁt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “absurd” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around absurd (IPA [apˈzʊʁt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,709 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "widersinnig, dem gesunden Menschenverstand widersprechend, abwegig, sinnlos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for absurd, with forms such as "abbsurd", "absrud", and "abssurd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Abwurf", "absurde", "absurden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 absurd, spelled A-B-S-U-R-D.
Definition
- 1widersinnig, dem gesunden Menschenverstand widersprechend, abwegig, sinnlos
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how absurd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Vorschläge scheinen mir allesamt vollkommen absurd zu sein.
„Es ist absurd, dass – obwohl wir um den Klimawandel wissen – der Markt für SUVs boomt und die Autos immer größer werden. Es ist absurd, dass so viele Flugzeuge in der Luft sind wie noch nie und es billiger ist, von Berlin nach München zu fliegen als mit dem Zug zu fahren.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbsurd
- absrud
- abssurd
- absudr
- absurdd
- absurrd
- abusrd
- asburd
- basurd
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of absurd - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "absurd", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "absurd" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Abwurf". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,709 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
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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.