Abzweig
[ˈapt͡svaɪ̯k]
The verdict
“Abzweig” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,767
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich gabelnder und abbiegender, abzweigender Weg
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 | Abzweig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapt͡svaɪ̯k] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abzweig” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Abzweig (IPA [ˈapt͡svaɪ̯k]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,767 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abzweig, with forms such as "abbzweig", "abwzeig", and "abzewig". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "abwegig", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists 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 Abzweig, spelled A-B-Z-W-E-I-G.
Definition
- 1sich gabelnder und abbiegender, abzweigender Weg
- 2Bauteil, das zum Abzweigen eines Teilstroms (vom Hauptstrom) verwendet wird
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbzweig
- abwzeig
- abzewig
- abzwegi
- abzweigg
- abzwieg
- abzwweig
- abzzweig
- azbweig
- bazweig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abzweig - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Abzweig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-Z-W-E-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapt͡svaɪ̯k] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “abwegig” - see the side-by-side comparison. Abzweig vs abwegig
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.