befassen
[bəˈfasn̩]
The verdict
“befassen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,441
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - sich mit etwas stark auseinandersetzen/beschäftigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-befassen · befassen · German
befassen · rank #7,441 · 11 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,441
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Begleiter
Nearest frequency peer: Begleiter (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “befassen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ausprobiert
ausprobiert
92,563 corpus weight
- aussuchen
aussuchen
92,562 corpus weight
- befassen
befassen
92,560 corpus weight
- Begleiter
Begleiter
92,559 corpus weight
- beherrscht
beherrscht
92,558 corpus weight
- Beleidigung
Beleidigung
92,557 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “befassen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | befassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈfasn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “befassen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around befassen (IPA [bəˈfasn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,441 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for befassen, with forms such as "bbefassen", "beafssen", and "befasen". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "befasst", "blassen", "belasten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 befassen, spelled B-E-F-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich mit etwas stark auseinandersetzen/beschäftigen
- 2jemanden die Aufgabe übertragen, sich mit etwas Bestimmtem auseinandersetzen
- 3berühren, betasten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how befassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der berühmte Naturforscher befasste sich Jahre lang mit Bäumen.
„Als Arztsohn mit Interesse an Mathematik und Statistik hatte er sich eingehend mit Daten zum individuellen Körperbau befasst.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbefassen
- beafssen
- befasen
- befasesn
- befassenn
- befassne
- befaßen
- beffassen
- befsasen
- bfeassen
- ebfassen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of befassen - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "befassen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.