Befehle
[bəˈfeːlə]
The verdict
“Befehle” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,333. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,333
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Befehl
Corpus desk
Index DE-befehle · Befehle · German
Befehle · rank #9,333 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,333
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Batterien
Nearest frequency peer: Batterien (-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 „Befehle“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- automatische
automatische
90,671 corpus weight
- Barth
Barth
90,670 corpus weight
- Batterien
Batterien
90,669 corpus weight
- Befehle
Befehle
90,668 corpus weight
- behauptete
behauptete
90,667 corpus weight
- beleuchtet
beleuchtet
90,666 corpus weight
What this shows „Befehle“ 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 | Befehle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈfeːlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Befehle“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Befehle (IPA [bəˈfeːlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,333 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Befehle, with forms such as "bbefehle", "beefhle", and "befehel". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "bezahle", "befohlen", "befehlen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Befehle, spelled B-E-F-E-H-L-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Befehl
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Befehl
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Befehl
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Befehl
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbefehle
- beefhle
- befehel
- befehhle
- befehlle
- befelhe
- beffehle
- befhele
- bfeehle
- ebfehle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Befehle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Befehle", 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).