Befehlshaber
[bəˈfeːlsˌhaːbɐ]
The verdict
“Befehlshaber” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,632. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,632
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der Befehlsgewalt hat und somit anderen Anweisungen gibt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Befehlshaber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈfeːlsˌhaːbɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #24,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Befehlshaber” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Befehlshaber (IPA [bəˈfeːlsˌhaːbɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,632 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der Befehlsgewalt hat und somit anderen Anweisungen gibt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Befehlshaber, with forms such as "bbefehlshaber", "beefhlshaber", and "befehhlshaber". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Befehlshaber, spelled B-E-F-E-H-L-S-H-A-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der Befehlsgewalt hat und somit anderen Anweisungen gibt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbefehlshaber
- beefhlshaber
- befehhlshaber
- befehlhsaber
- befehllshaber
- befehlsahber
- befehlshabber
- befehlshaberr
- befehlshabre
- befehlshaebr
- befehlshbaer
- befehlshhaber
- befehlsshaber
- befehslhaber
- befelhshaber
- beffehlshaber
- befhelshaber
- bfeehlshaber
- ebfehlshaber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Befehlshaber - 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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Using “Befehlshaber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-F-E-H-L-S-H-A-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈfeːlsˌhaːbɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.