became
[bɪˈkeɪm]
The verdict
“became” is uncommon German (frequency #83,713 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,713
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs become
Corpus desk
Index DE-became · became · German
became · rank #83,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,713
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bauteils
Nearest frequency peer: Bauteils (-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 „became“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Baumkrone
Baumkrone
16,290 corpus weight
- Bauteils
Bauteils
16,289 corpus weight
- became
became
16,288 corpus weight
- bedarfsgere…
bedarfsgerecht
16,287 corpus weight
- befindlich
befindlich
16,286 corpus weight
- begegnest
begegnest
16,285 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „became“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | became |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bɪˈkeɪm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „became“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
became is uncommon German at frequency #83,713 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bɪˈkeɪm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs become".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for became, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is became, spelled B-E-C-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs become
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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