Abusus
[apˈʔuːzʊs]
The verdict
“Abusus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Missbrauch, übermäßiger Gebrauch
Corpus desk
Index DE-abusus · Abusus · German
Abusus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abusus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apˈʔuːzʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abusus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abusus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [apˈʔuːzʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Missbrauch, übermäßiger Gebrauch".
No misspelling variants are generated for Abusus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abusus, spelled A-B-U-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1Missbrauch, übermäßiger Gebrauch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abusus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Abusus von Medikamenten hat in den letzten Jahren stark zugenommen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.