Bedeutung

/[bəˈdɔɪ̯tʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#900

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Bedeutung is aGermannoun. It means: Sinn einer Information, Handlung oder Sache Pronounced [bəˈdɔɪ̯tʊŋ]. It ranks #900 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bewertung and Bedeutungen.

Key facts for Bedeutung
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HeadwordBedeutung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈdɔɪ̯tʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#900
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bedeutung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bedeutung is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈdɔɪ̯tʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #900 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bedeutung, with forms such as "bbedeutung", "bdeeutung", and "beddeutung". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Bewertung", "Bedeutungen", "bedeuten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bedeutung, spelled B-E-D-E-U-T-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sinn einer Information, Handlung oder Sache
  2. 2
    Relevanz einer Information, Handlung oder Sache
  3. 3
    Inhalt eines sprachlichen Zeichens, besonders eines Wortes

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbedeutung,bdeeutung,beddeutung,bedetuung,bedeutnug,bedeuttung,bedeutugn,bedeutungg,bedeutunng,bedeuutng,beduetung,beedutung,ebdeutung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bedeutung

Misspelling Variants of "Bedeutung"

bbedeutung10bdeeutung9beddeutung10bedetuung9bedeutnug9bedeuttung10bedeutugn9bedeutungg10
Misspelling Variants of "Bedeutung"

Frequency rank: #900 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bedeutung"?
"Bedeutung" is spelled B-E-D-E-U-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈdɔɪ̯tʊŋ].
What does "Bedeutung" mean?
As a noun, "Bedeutung" means: Sinn einer Information, Handlung oder Sache
What words are commonly confused with "Bedeutung"?
"Bedeutung" is commonly confused with "Bewertung", "Bedeutungen", "bedeuten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bedeutung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bedeutung" is [bəˈdɔɪ̯tʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bedeutung" come from?
"Bedeutung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.