befasst
[bəˈfast]
The verdict
“befasst” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,803
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs befassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-befasst · befasst · German
befasst · rank #5,803 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,803
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beauftragt
Nearest frequency peer: beauftragt (-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 „befasst“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- back
back
94,201 corpus weight
- bauten
bauten
94,200 corpus weight
- beauftragt
beauftragt
94,199 corpus weight
- befasst
befasst
94,198 corpus weight
- begannen
begannen
94,197 corpus weight
- bekamen
bekamen
94,195 corpus weight
What this shows „befasst“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | befasst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈfast] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „befasst“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around befasst (IPA [bəˈfast]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,803 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs befassen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for befasst, with forms such as "bbefasst", "beafsst", and "befasstt". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "bewusst", "Belfast", "belässt", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is befasst, spelled B-E-F-A-S-S-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs befassen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbefasst
- beafsst
- befasstt
- befast
- befasts
- befaßt
- beffasst
- befsast
- bfeasst
- ebfasst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of befasst - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "befasst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).