MAB

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The verdict

“MAB” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,481 in German word frequency and used as an abbreviation.

#65,481
frequency rank, German
3
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Man and the Biosphere

Key facts for MAB
PropertyValue
HeadwordMAB
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#65,481
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “MAB” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). MAB lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for MAB is 3 letters long, classified as an abbreviation, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,481 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for MAB in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 MAB, spelled M-A-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Man and the Biosphere
  2. 2
    Marienberg
  3. 3
    Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken
  4. 4
    Mitarbeiterbeurteilung

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "MAB"?
"MAB" is spelled M-A-B. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "MAB" mean?
As an abbreviation, "MAB" means: Man and the Biosphere
How do you pronounce "MAB"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "MAB" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "MAB" come from?
"MAB" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “MAB”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-A-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list