befahrbar

Name: befahrbar, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[bəˈfaːɐ̯baːɐ̯]

/[bəˈfaːɐ̯baːɐ̯]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“befahrbar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,496. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,496
frequency rank, German: 5,818
“B” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich mit einem Fahrzeug befahren lassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-befahrbar · befahrbar · German

befahrbar · rank #29,496 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #29,496
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,818
PHOTO-FINISH baumeln

Nearest frequency peer: baumeln (-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.

avancierte

70,509
Banknoten

70,508
Barren

70,507
baumeln

70,506
befahrbar

70,505
bekleidete

70,503

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

befahrbar vs bezahlbar

78% similar

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

Key facts for befahrbar
Property	Value
Headword	befahrbar
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[bəˈfaːɐ̯baːɐ̯]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#29,496
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „befahrbar“

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

#29,496

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „baumeln“ (#29,495), „Barren“ (#29,494), „bekleidete“ (#29,498). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „befahrbar“ bei #29,496. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around befahrbar (IPA [bəˈfaːɐ̯baːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,496 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich mit einem Fahrzeug befahren lassen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for befahrbar, with forms such as "bbefahrbar", "beafhrbar", and "befahbrar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bezahlbar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is befahrbar, spelled B-E-F-A-H-R-B-A-R.

Definition

1
sich mit einem Fahrzeug befahren lassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Ein gut befahrbarer Weg führt dort hin.
Zurzeit ist dieser Autobahnabschnitt auf Grund eines Unfall nur einspurig befahrbar.

Antonyms

unbefahrbar

This word in other languages

driveable(English)transitable(Español)navigable(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbefahrbar
beafhrbar
befahbrar
befahhrbar
befahrabr
befahrbarr
befahrbbar
befahrbra
befahrrbar
befarhbar
beffahrbar
befharbar
bfeahrbar
ebfahrbar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "befahrbar"

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 "befahrbar"?

"befahrbar" is spelled B-E-F-A-H-R-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfaːɐ̯baːɐ̯].

What does "befahrbar" mean?

As an adjective, "befahrbar" means: sich mit einem Fahrzeug befahren lassen

What words are commonly confused with "befahrbar"?

"befahrbar" is commonly confused with "bezahlbar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "befahrbar"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "befahrbar" is [bəˈfaːɐ̯baːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "befahrbar" come from?

"befahrbar" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Banknoten#29,493 Besinnung#29,503 ausrasten#29,486 billigste#29,509

Similar misspelling depth

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

bekleidete14 variants avancierte14 variants aufgekauft14 variants böhmische14 variants