Spionageabwehr
[ʃpioˈnaːʒəʔapˌveːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Spionageabwehr” is uncommon German (frequency #74,028 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,028
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tätigkeiten von Sicherheitsbehörden, fremde Spione im eigenen Land aufzuklären und zu bekämpfen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spionageabwehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpioˈnaːʒəʔapˌveːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #74,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spionageabwehr” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Spionageabwehr is uncommon German at frequency #74,028 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpioˈnaːʒəʔapˌveːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tätigkeiten von Sicherheitsbehörden, fremde Spione im eigenen Land aufzuklären und zu bekämpfen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Spionageabwehr in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Spionageabwehr, spelled S-P-I-O-N-A-G-E-A-B-W-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1Tätigkeiten von Sicherheitsbehörden, fremde Spione im eigenen Land aufzuklären und zu bekämpfen
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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Using “Spionageabwehr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-I-O-N-A-G-E-A-B-W-E-H-R - 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.