beatus

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The verdict

“beatus” is uncommon German (frequency #99,541 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,541
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - glücklich, beglückt, zufrieden

Corpus desk

Index DE-beatus · beatus · German

beatus · rank #99,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,541
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beanspruchung…

Nearest frequency peer: Beanspruchungen (-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 „beatus“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „beatus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beatus
PropertyValue
Headwordbeatus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,541
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beatus“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).beatusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Beanspruchungen“ (#99,540), „Becht“ (#99,542), „Beamtenrecht“ (#99,539). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beatus“ bei #99,541. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beatus is uncommon German at frequency #99,541 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for beatus, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 German form is beatus, spelled B-E-A-T-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    glücklich, beglückt, zufrieden
  2. 2
    begütert, wohlhabend, reich
  3. 3
    fruchtbar
  4. 4
    herrlich, prächtig
  5. 5
    selig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how beatus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Beatus ille qui procul negotiis. (Horaz, Epodi 2,1)
  2. beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum et in via peccatorum non stetit et in cathedra pestilentiae non sedit ( Psalter 1,1 VUL)

Antonyms

miser

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 "beatus"?
"beatus" is spelled B-E-A-T-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "beatus" mean?
As an adjective, "beatus" means: glücklich, beglückt, zufrieden
How do you pronounce "beatus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beatus" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Bering#99,558Bongos#99,589Bowlen#99,592Bowler#99,593

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list