Abwägung
[ˈapˌvɛːɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Abwägung” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,510
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Überlegung zum Für und Wider anlässlich einer Entscheidung
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwagung · Abwägung · German
Abwägung · rank #21,510 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #21,510
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH absprechen
Nearest frequency peer: absprechen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Abwägung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- abrupt
abrupt
78,494 corpus weight
- Absprachen
Absprachen
78,493 corpus weight
- absprechen
absprechen
78,492 corpus weight
- Abwägung
Abwägung
78,491 corpus weight
- adorno
adorno
78,489 corpus weight
- Africa
Africa
78,488 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Abwägung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Abwägung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌvɛːɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Abwägung” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Abwägung (IPA [ˈapˌvɛːɡʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,510 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Überlegung zum Für und Wider anlässlich einer Entscheidung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abwägung, with forms such as "abbwägung", "abwgäung", and "abwwägung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "abwägen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abwägung, spelled A-B-W-Ä-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Überlegung zum Für und Wider anlässlich einer Entscheidung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abwägung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Abwägung der Argumente erforderte mehr Zeit, als zur Verfügung stand.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbwägung
- abwgäung
- abwwägung
- abwäggung
- abwägnug
- abwägugn
- abwägungg
- abwägunng
- abwäugng
- abäwgung
- awbägung
- bawägung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abwägung - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Abwägung", 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).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "abwägen". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #21,510 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
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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.