Abteilung
\apˈtaɪ̯lʊŋ\
The verdict
“Abteilung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Service, département, section, division.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abteilung · Abteilung · French
Abteilung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abteilung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \apˈtaɪ̯lʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Abteilung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \apˈtaɪ̯lʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Abteilung, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Abteilung, spelled A-B-T-E-I-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Service, département, section, division.
- 2Unité militaire. Généralement, équivalente à un bataillon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abteilung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rieux rief dennoch die kommunale Abteilung für Rattenbekämpfung an, deren Leiter er kannte. Ob er von diesen Ratten gehört habe, die in großer Zahl im Freien starben? Mercier, der Abteilungsleiter, hatte davon gehört, und in seiner eigenen Abteilung, die nicht weit von den Kais lag, hatte man etwa fünfzig entdeckt.
Synonyms
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.