Abwendung
[ˈapˌvɛndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Abwendung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,185. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,185
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wegdrehen; Rückzug aus einer Situation
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwendung · Abwendung · German
Abwendung · rank #47,185 · 14 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,185
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abtrennen
Nearest frequency peer: abtrennen (-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 „Abwendung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- abgelegene
abgelegene
52,819 corpus weight
- ablenkt
ablenkt
52,818 corpus weight
- abtrennen
abtrennen
52,817 corpus weight
- Abwendung
Abwendung
52,816 corpus weight
- abzuweisen
abzuweisen
52,815 corpus weight
- achtlos
achtlos
52,814 corpus weight
What this shows „Abwendung“ 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 | Abwendung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌvɛndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #47,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Abwendung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Abwendung (IPA [ˈapˌvɛndʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,185 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abwendung, with forms such as "abbwendung", "abewndung", and "abwednung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Anwendung", "Abwertung", "abwenden", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Abwendung, spelled A-B-W-E-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Wegdrehen; Rückzug aus einer Situation
- 2Abwehr einer Bedrohung, eines Schlages oder Ähnlichem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abwendung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie hatte die Abwendung ihrer Familie nur schwer ertragen.
„Am Ende der Gymnasialzeit stand der körperliche Zusammenbruch und die völlige Abwendung vom Christentum.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbwendung
- abewndung
- abwednung
- abwenddung
- abwendnug
- abwendugn
- abwendungg
- abwendunng
- abwenndung
- abwenudng
- abwnedung
- abwwendung
- awbendung
- bawendung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abwendung - 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 "Abwendung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).