Abszess
[apsˈt͡sɛs]
The verdict
“Abszess” is uncommon German (frequency #84,884 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,884
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ansammlung von Eiter in einem durch Gewebseinschmelzung (Nekrose) entstandenen unnatürlichen Hohlraum
Corpus desk
Index DE-abszess · Abszess · German
Abszess · rank #84,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,884
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abstrahiert
Nearest frequency peer: abstrahiert (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Abszess“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abspricht
abspricht
15,120 corpus weight
- abstracts
abstracts
15,119 corpus weight
- abstrahiert
abstrahiert
15,118 corpus weight
- Abszess
Abszess
15,117 corpus weight
- abzuwerten
abzuwerten
15,116 corpus weight
- additiven
additiven
15,114 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Abszess“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abszess“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abszess is uncommon German at frequency #84,884 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [apsˈt͡sɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abszess appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abszesse können ohne offenbare äußere Ursache auftreten, aber sie können auch Folge einer Operation, einer Spritze, eines Fremdkörpers oder durch eine Abwehrschwäche des Betroffenen begünstigt sein.
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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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