passabel
[paˈsaːbl̩]
The verdict
“passabel” is uncommon German (frequency #50,777 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,777
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - akzeptabel, annehmbar
Corpus desk
Index DE-passabel · passabel · German
passabel · rank #50,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,777
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH parteilose
Nearest frequency peer: parteilose (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „passabel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Paracetamol
Paracetamol
49,227 corpus weight
- Parke
Parke
49,226 corpus weight
- parteilose
parteilose
49,225 corpus weight
- passabel
passabel
49,224 corpus weight
- Passivität
Passivität
49,223 corpus weight
- patchwork
patchwork
49,222 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „passabel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | passabel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paˈsaːbl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „passabel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
passabel is uncommon German at frequency #50,777 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [paˈsaːbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "akzeptabel, annehmbar".
passabel has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is passabel, spelled P-A-S-S-A-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1akzeptabel, annehmbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how passabel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Verdienst bei seiner neuen Arbeit ist ganz passabel.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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