Abwegen
[ˈapˌveːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Abwegen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,065 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,065
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Abweg
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwegen · Abwegen · German
Abwegen · rank #71,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,065
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abstiegsplatz
Nearest frequency peer: Abstiegsplatz (-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 „Abwegen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abstammt
abstammt
28,939 corpus weight
- absteigender
absteigender
28,938 corpus weight
- Abstiegspla…
Abstiegsplatz
28,937 corpus weight
- Abwegen
Abwegen
28,936 corpus weight
- abweichendes
abweichendes
28,935 corpus weight
- académie
académie
28,934 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Abwegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abwegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌveːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abwegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abwegen is uncommon German at frequency #71,065 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌveːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Abweg".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Abwegen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Abwegen, spelled A-B-W-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Abweg
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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