abwechseln
[ˈapˌvɛksl̩n]
The verdict
“abwechseln” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,766
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwei oder mehr Personen, die sich gegenseitig bei einer Tätigkeit ablösen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwechseln · abwechseln · German
abwechseln · rank #39,766 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,766
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abstrakter
Nearest frequency peer: abstrakter (-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 „abwechseln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ablösefrei
ablösefrei
60,239 corpus weight
- abschneidet
abschneidet
60,238 corpus weight
- absichtliche
absichtliche
60,237 corpus weight
- abstrakter
abstrakter
60,236 corpus weight
- abwechseln
abwechseln
60,235 corpus weight
- Abzweig
Abzweig
60,234 corpus weight
What this shows „abwechseln“ 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 | abwechseln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌvɛksl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #39,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „abwechseln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around abwechseln (IPA [ˈapˌvɛksl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,766 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for abwechseln, with forms such as "abbwechseln", "abewchseln", and "abwcehseln". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "abwechselnd", "auswechseln", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is abwechseln, spelled A-B-W-E-C-H-S-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1zwei oder mehr Personen, die sich gegenseitig bei einer Tätigkeit ablösen
- 2mehr als einmal im Wechsel aufeinander folgen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abwechseln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die beiden Brüder wechselten sich als Stürmer ab.
Die Reise ist lang, aber wir wechseln uns beim Fahren ab.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbwechseln
- abewchseln
- abwcehseln
- abwecchseln
- abwechesln
- abwechhseln
- abwechselln
- abwechselnn
- abwechsenl
- abwechslen
- abwechsseln
- abwecsheln
- abwehcseln
- abwwechseln
- awbechseln
- bawechseln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abwechseln - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).