Beamte

[bəˈʔamtə]

/[bəˈʔamtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Beamte” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,684. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,684
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die verbeamtet (in Österreich: pragmatisiert) (oder in einer ähnlichen Position tätig) ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-beamte · Beamte · German

Beamte · rank #4,684 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,684
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Auszeichnung

Nearest frequency peer: Auszeichnung (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Beamte“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Beamte“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Beamte vs beat
50% similar
Beamte vs beste
50% similar
Beamte vs Beute
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Beamte
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeamte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈʔamtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,684
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Beamte“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Beamteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Auszeichnung“ (#4,683), „bearbeitet“ (#4,685), „Auskunft“ (#4,682). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beamte“ bei #4,684. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Beamte (IPA [bəˈʔamtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,684 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "weibliche Person, die verbeamtet (in Österreich: pragmatisiert) (oder in einer ähnlichen Position tätig) ist".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Beamte, with forms such as "baemte", "bbeamte", and "beamet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "beat", "beste", "Beute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Beamte, spelled B-E-A-M-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die verbeamtet (in Österreich: pragmatisiert) (oder in einer ähnlichen Position tätig) ist

Synonyms

Beamtin

This word in other languages

civil servant(English)fonctionnaire(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • baemte
  • bbeamte
  • beamet
  • beammte
  • beamtte
  • beatme
  • bemate
  • ebamte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Beamte - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

baemte2bbeamte1beamet2beammte1beamtte1beatme2bemate2ebamte2
Edit distance from "Beamte"

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 "Beamte"?
"Beamte" is spelled B-E-A-M-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʔamtə].
What does "Beamte" mean?
As a noun, "Beamte" means: weibliche Person, die verbeamtet (in Österreich: pragmatisiert) (oder in einer ähnlichen Position tätig) ist
What words are commonly confused with "Beamte"?
"Beamte" is commonly confused with "beat", "beste", "Beute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Beamte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beamte" is [bəˈʔamtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beamte" come from?
"Beamte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Beamte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Fuchs8 variantsGitarre8 variantsTempel8 variantssingt8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list