Abszess
[apsˈt͡sɛs]
The verdict
“Abszess” is an uncommon German word, ranked #84,884 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,884
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ansammlung von Eiter in einem durch Gewebseinschmelzung (Nekrose) entstandenen unnatürlichen Hohlraum
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abszess |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apsˈt͡sɛs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abszess” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Abszess is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apsˈt͡sɛs]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,884 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ansammlung von Eiter in einem durch Gewebseinschmelzung (Nekrose) entstandenen unnatürlichen Hohlraum".
Zero misspellings are on record for Abszess in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Abszess, spelled A-B-S-Z-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Ansammlung von Eiter in einem durch Gewebseinschmelzung (Nekrose) entstandenen unnatürlichen Hohlraum
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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 “Abszess”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-S-Z-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [apsˈt͡sɛs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.