Bedenken
[bəˈdɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“Bedenken” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,873
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Erwägen von etwas, das Nachdenken über etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-bedenken · Bedenken · German
Bedenken · rank #2,873 · 12 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,873
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Aktivitäten
Nearest frequency peer: Aktivitäten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Bedenken”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wunderbar
wunderbar
97,131 corpus weight
- Zufall
Zufall
97,130 corpus weight
- Aktivitäten
Aktivitäten
97,129 corpus weight
- Bedenken
Bedenken
97,128 corpus weight
- Bereichen
Bereichen
97,127 corpus weight
- Bescheid
Bescheid
97,126 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bedenken” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Bedenken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈdɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Bedenken” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Bedenken (IPA [bəˈdɛŋkn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,873 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bedenken, with forms such as "bbedenken", "bdeenken", and "beddenken". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "beenden", "bedenkt", "bedeuten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bedenken, spelled B-E-D-E-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1das Erwägen von etwas, das Nachdenken über etwas
- 2aufgrund von Nachdenken entstandener Vorbehalt, Zweifel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bedenken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unser Bedenken der Problematik sollte möglichst bald erfolgen.
Ich muss dazu auch mein Bedenken äußern.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbedenken
- bdeenken
- beddenken
- bedeknen
- bedenekn
- bedenkenn
- bedenkken
- bedenkne
- bedennken
- bedneken
- beednken
- ebdenken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bedenken - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bedenken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Bedenken". Here's where to go from here.
- "Bedenken" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "beenden". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,873 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.