Bedrohung

[bəˈdʁoːʊŋ]

/[bəˈdʁoːʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bedrohung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,145
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Ankündigen von Gewalt, Aussprechen einer Drohung

Corpus desk

Index DE-bedrohung · Bedrohung · German

Bedrohung · rank #5,145 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,145
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bahnen

Nearest frequency peer: Bahnen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Bedrohung“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Bedrohung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Bedrohung vs Bedrohungen
82% similar
Bedrohung vs bedrohen
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Bedrohung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBedrohung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈdʁoːʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,145
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Bedrohung“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bedrohungliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bahnen“ (#5,144), „begegnen“ (#5,146), „ausprobieren“ (#5,143). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bedrohung“ bei #5,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Bedrohung (IPA [bəˈdʁoːʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,145 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bedrohung, with forms such as "bbedrohung", "bderohung", and "beddrohung". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Bedrohungen", "bedrohen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Bedrohung, spelled B-E-D-R-O-H-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Ankündigen von Gewalt, Aussprechen einer Drohung
  2. 2
    ein gefährlicher Umstand, der sich negativ auf etwas/jemanden auswirken kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bedrohung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Stellt Wagemut eine Initiativkraft dar, die befähigt, trotz Bedrohung und Angst ein Wagnis einzugehen, so äußert sich in der Tapferkeit eine Dulderkraft, die es ermöglicht, die Gefahren standhaft durchzustehen.“
  2. Diese Reaktoren stellen eine große Bedrohung dar.

Synonyms

DrohungGefährdungGefahr

This word in other languages

threat(English)amenaza(Español)menace(Français)ameaça(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbedrohung
  • bderohung
  • beddrohung
  • bedorhung
  • bedrhoung
  • bedrohhung
  • bedrohnug
  • bedrohugn
  • bedrohungg
  • bedrohunng
  • bedrouhng
  • bedrrohung
  • berdohung
  • ebdrohung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bedrohung - 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.

bbedrohung1bderohung2beddrohung1bedorhung2bedrhoung2bedrohhung1bedrohnug2bedrohugn2
Edit distance from "Bedrohung"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bedrohung"?
"Bedrohung" is spelled B-E-D-R-O-H-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈdʁoːʊŋ].
What does "Bedrohung" mean?
As a noun, "Bedrohung" means: das Ankündigen von Gewalt, Aussprechen einer Drohung
What words are commonly confused with "Bedrohung"?
"Bedrohung" is commonly confused with "Bedrohungen", "bedrohen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bedrohung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bedrohung" is [bəˈdʁoːʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bedrohung" come from?
"Bedrohung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bedrohung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beleidigt#5,148Aufregung#5,141benötigen#5,149vorliegen#5,131

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

angestellt14 variantsVorgänger14 variantsunendlich14 variantsPaderborn14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list