bedrohlich

/[bəˈdʁoːlɪç]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,182

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

bedrohlich is anGermanadj. It means: eine Empfindung von kurz bevorstehender Gefahr oder Not Pronounced [bəˈdʁoːlɪç]. Often confused with bedrohliche and bedrohlichen.

Key facts for bedrohlich
PropertyValue
Headwordbedrohlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bəˈdʁoːlɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,182
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bedrohlich is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈdʁoːlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,182 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Empfindung von kurz bevorstehender Gefahr oder Not".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for bedrohlich, with forms such as "bbedrohlich", "bderohlich", and "beddrohlich". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bedrohliche", "bedrohlichen", 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 bedrohlich, spelled B-E-D-R-O-H-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Empfindung von kurz bevorstehender Gefahr oder Not

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbedrohlich,bderohlich,beddrohlich,bedorhlich,bedrholich,bedrohhlich,bedrohilch,bedrohlcih,bedrohlicch,bedrohlichh,bedrohlihc,bedrohllich,bedrolhich,bedrrohlich,berdohlich,ebdrohlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bedrohlich

Misspelling Variants of "bedrohlich"

bbedrohlich11bderohlich10beddrohlich11bedorhlich10bedrholich10bedrohhlich11bedrohilch10bedrohlcih10
Misspelling Variants of "bedrohlich"

Frequency rank: #18,182 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bedrohlich"?
"bedrohlich" is spelled B-E-D-R-O-H-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈdʁoːlɪç].
What does "bedrohlich" mean?
As an adj, "bedrohlich" means: eine Empfindung von kurz bevorstehender Gefahr oder Not
What words are commonly confused with "bedrohlich"?
"bedrohlich" is commonly confused with "bedrohliche", "bedrohlichen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bedrohlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bedrohlich" is [bəˈdʁoːlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bedrohlich" come from?
"bedrohlich" 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.