Aschenbrödel
[ˈaʃn̩ˌbʁøːdl̩]
The verdict
“Aschenbrödel” is uncommon German (frequency #58,560 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,560
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Märchenfigur, die zunächst niedere Dienste verrichten muss, dann aber vom Prinzen geheiratet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aschenbrödel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʃn̩ˌbʁøːdl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #58,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aschenbrödel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Aschenbrödel is uncommon German at frequency #58,560 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʃn̩ˌbʁøːdl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Aschenbrödel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Aschenbrödel, spelled A-S-C-H-E-N-B-R-Ö-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1weibliche Märchenfigur, die zunächst niedere Dienste verrichten muss, dann aber vom Prinzen geheiratet wird
- 2unscheinbare Person, die benachteiligt wird und meist niedere Arbeiten im Haus verrichten muss
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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 “Aschenbrödel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-S-C-H-E-N-B-R-Ö-D-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.