Abwesenheit

/\ˈapˌveːzn̩haɪ̯t\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Language

French

word origin

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Abwesenheit is aFrenchnoun. It means: Absence, le fait d'être dans un autre endroit. Pronounced \ˈapˌveːzn̩haɪ̯t\.

Key facts for Abwesenheit
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbwesenheit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈapˌveːzn̩haɪ̯t\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Abwesenheit is not present in the top-100,000 ranked French corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Abwesenheit is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈapˌveːzn̩haɪ̯t\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Abwesenheit in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Abwesenheit, spelled A-B-W-E-S-E-N-H-E-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absence, le fait d'être dans un autre endroit.
  2. 2
    Absence, inexistence.
  3. 3
    Absence, distraction, manque d’attention.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abwesenheit"?
"Abwesenheit" is spelled A-B-W-E-S-E-N-H-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈapˌveːzn̩haɪ̯t\.
What does "Abwesenheit" mean?
As a noun, "Abwesenheit" means: Absence, le fait d'être dans un autre endroit.
How do you pronounce "Abwesenheit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abwesenheit" is \ˈapˌveːzn̩haɪ̯t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abwesenheit" come from?
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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.