abtreten
[ˈapˌtʁeːtn̩]
The verdict
“abtreten” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,152. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,152
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Tritt entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abtreten · abtreten · German
abtreten · rank #20,152 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,152
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Absätze
Nearest frequency peer: Absätze (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „abtreten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- übersteigen
übersteigen
79,853 corpus weight
- Absätze
Absätze
79,850 corpus weight
- abtreten
abtreten
79,849 corpus weight
- acta
acta
79,848 corpus weight
- adobe
adobe
79,847 corpus weight
- aggressiver
aggressiver
79,846 corpus weight
What this shows „abtreten“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | abtreten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌtʁeːtn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „abtreten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around abtreten (IPA [ˈapˌtʁeːtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,152 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for abtreten, with forms such as "abbtreten", "abrteten", and "abterten". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "antreten", "auftreten", "austreten", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is abtreten, spelled A-B-T-R-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Tritt entfernen
- 2die Schuhe säubern
- 3durch Gebrauch abnutzen
- 4seinen Platz verlassen
- 5eine Position aufgeben
- 6sterben
- 7jemandem etwas überlassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abtreten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den Eiszapfen habe ich abgetreten.
Bitte Schuhe abtreten!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbtreten
- abrteten
- abterten
- abtreetn
- abtretenn
- abtretne
- abtretten
- abtrreten
- abtrteen
- abttreten
- atbreten
- batreten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abtreten - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abtreten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).