befände

[bəˈfɛndə]

/[bəˈfɛndə]/ verb

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The verdict

“befände” is uncommon German (frequency #66,028 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,028
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs befinden

Corpus desk

Index DE-befande · befände · German

befände · rank #66,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,028
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Befehlsgewalt

Nearest frequency peer: Befehlsgewalt (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „befände“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „befände“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for befände
PropertyValue
Headwordbefände
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈfɛndə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,028
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „befände“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.befändefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Befehlsgewalt“ (#66,027), „begnadeter“ (#66,029), „beengt“ (#66,026). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „befände“ bei #66,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

befände is uncommon German at frequency #66,028 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfɛndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

befände has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is befände, spelled B-E-F-Ä-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs befinden
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs befinden

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 "befände"?
"befände" is spelled B-E-F-Ä-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfɛndə].
What does "befände" mean?
As a verb, "befände" means: 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs befinden
How do you pronounce "befände"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "befände" is [bəˈfɛndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "befände" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bausatz#66,023benotet#66,037besingt#66,043Bismark#66,052

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list