bedenkt
[bəˈdɛŋkt]
The verdict
“bedenkt” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,989 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,989
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bedenken
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 | bedenkt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈdɛŋkt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bedenkt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bedenkt is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈdɛŋkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,989 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bedenkt, with forms such as "bbedenkt", "bdeenkt", and "beddenkt". 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. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "bemerkt", "bedingt", "bedient", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is bedenkt, spelled B-E-D-E-N-K-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bedenken
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bedenken
- 32. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bedenken
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbedenkt,bdeenkt,beddenkt,bedeknt,bedenkkt,bedenktt,bedennkt,bedentk,bednekt,beednkt,ebdenkt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bedenkt - 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 “bedenkt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-D-E-N-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈdɛŋkt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bemerkt” - see the side-by-side comparison. bedenkt vs bemerkt
- 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.