affable
[aˈfaːblə]
The verdict
“affable” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | affable |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aˈfaːblə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “affable” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for affable is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈfaːblə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
affable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 affable, spelled A-F-F-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
- 3Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
- 4Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
- 5Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
- 7Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
- 8Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
- 9Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs affabel
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “affable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-F-F-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈfaːblə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.