abus

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The verdict

“abus” is uncommon German (frequency #75,328 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an unknown. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,328
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Akkusativ des Indefinitpronomens abi „beide“

Corpus desk

Index DE-abus · abus · German

abus · rank #75,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,328
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Absurditäten

Nearest frequency peer: Absurditäten (-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 „abus“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abus
PropertyValue
Headwordabus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abus“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Absurditäten“ (#75,327), „abzufinden“ (#75,329), „Abschüsse“ (#75,326). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abus“ bei #75,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abus is uncommon German at frequency #75,328 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anunknown, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Akkusativ des Indefinitpronomens abi „beide“".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 abus, spelled A-B-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Akkusativ des Indefinitpronomens abi „beide“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abus"?
"abus" is spelled A-B-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "abus" mean?
As an unknown, "abus" means: Akkusativ des Indefinitpronomens abi „beide“
How do you pronounce "abus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abus" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abus" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list