bedauerlich
[bəˈdaʊ̯ɐlɪç]
The verdict
“bedauerlich” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #19,145 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #19,145
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zu bedauern; in einer Weise, dass man wünscht, es wäre nicht so
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bedauerlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈdaʊ̯ɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #19,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bedauerlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bedauerlich is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈdaʊ̯ɐlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,145 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zu bedauern; in einer Weise, dass man wünscht, es wäre nicht so".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for bedauerlich, with forms such as "bbedauerlich", "bdeauerlich", and "beaduerlich". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bedauerlich, spelled B-E-D-A-U-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1zu bedauern; in einer Weise, dass man wünscht, es wäre nicht so
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbedauerlich,bdeauerlich,beaduerlich,bedaeurlich,bedauelrich,bedauerilch,bedauerlcih,bedauerlicch,bedauerlichh,bedauerlihc,bedauerllich,bedauerrlich,bedaurelich,beddauerlich,beduaerlich,ebdauerlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bedauerlich - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “bedauerlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-D-A-U-E-R-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈdaʊ̯ɐlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.