bebauen

[bəˈbaʊ̯ən]

/[bəˈbaʊ̯ən]/ verb

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The verdict

“bebauen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,974 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,974
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf einem freien Grundstück ein Bauwerk errichten

Corpus desk

Index DE-bebauen · bebauen · German

bebauen · rank #55,974 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,974
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bedrängten

Nearest frequency peer: bedrängten (+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 „bebauen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bebauen
PropertyValue
Headwordbebauen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈbaʊ̯ən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,974
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bebauen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bedrängten“ (#55,975), „Baugeschichte“ (#55,972), „befallenen“ (#55,976). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bebauen“ bei #55,974. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bebauen is uncommon German at frequency #55,974 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈbaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for bebauen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bebauen, spelled B-E-B-A-U-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf einem freien Grundstück ein Bauwerk errichten
  2. 2
    ein Beet, einen Acker oder dergleichen mit Pflanzen versehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Lücke zwischen den Häusern könnte man mit einem Wohngebäude bebauen.
  2. Diese Fläche könnte man mit jungen Eichen bebauen.

This word in other languages

build(English)construire(Français)

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 "bebauen"?
"bebauen" is spelled B-E-B-A-U-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈbaʊ̯ən].
What does "bebauen" mean?
As a verb, "bebauen" means: auf einem freien Grundstück ein Bauwerk errichten
How do you pronounce "bebauen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bebauen" is [bəˈbaʊ̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bebauen" come from?
"bebauen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Beginns#55,978Asiatin#55,945Apathie#55,941biotope#56,007

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list