Befehls
[bəˈfeːls]
The verdict
“Befehls” is uncommon German (frequency #55,169 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,169
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Befehl
Corpus desk
Index DE-befehls · Befehls · German
Befehls · rank #55,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,169
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bedrohlicher
Nearest frequency peer: bedrohlicher (-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 „Befehls“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bauernhöfen
Bauernhöfen
44,835 corpus weight
- bedingter
bedingter
44,834 corpus weight
- bedrohlicher
bedrohlicher
44,833 corpus weight
- Befehls
Befehls
44,832 corpus weight
- Befindlichk…
Befindlichkeit
44,831 corpus weight
- Begierden
Begierden
44,830 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Befehls“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Befehls |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈfeːls] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Befehls“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Befehls is uncommon German at frequency #55,169 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈfeːls]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Befehl".
Befehls doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Befehls, spelled B-E-F-E-H-L-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Befehl
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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