Beauftragter
[bəˈʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ]
The verdict
“Beauftragter” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #29,024 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,024
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der mit einem Auftrag oder einer Aufgabe betraut ist, sie erledigen soll und den Auftraggeber eventuell dazu vertritt
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Beauftragter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #29,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Beauftragter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Beauftragter is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,024 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemand, der mit einem Auftrag oder einer Aufgabe betraut ist, sie erledigen soll und den Auftraggeber eventuell dazu vertritt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Beauftragter, with forms such as "baeuftragter", "bbeauftragter", and "beafutragter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "beauftragt", "Beauftragte", "beauftragen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Beauftragter, spelled B-E-A-U-F-T-R-A-G-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der mit einem Auftrag oder einer Aufgabe betraut ist, sie erledigen soll und den Auftraggeber eventuell dazu vertritt
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: baeuftragter,bbeauftragter,beafutragter,beaufftragter,beaufrtagter,beauftargter,beauftragetr,beauftraggter,beauftragterr,beauftragtre,beauftragtter,beauftratger,beauftrgater,beauftrragter,beaufttragter,beautfragter,beuaftragter,ebauftragter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Beauftragter - 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.
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 “Beauftragter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-A-U-F-T-R-A-G-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʔaʊ̯ftʁaːktɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “beauftragt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Beauftragter vs beauftragt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.