befeuchten

[bəˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩]

/[bəˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“befeuchten” is uncommon German (frequency #90,005 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,005
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas schwach mit einer Flüssigkeit benetzen, so dass es feucht wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-befeuchten · befeuchten · German

befeuchten · rank #90,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,005
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bedrohe

Nearest frequency peer: bedrohe (-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 „befeuchten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „befeuchten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for befeuchten
PropertyValue
Headwordbefeuchten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#90,005
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „befeuchten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).befeuchtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bedrohe“ (#90,004), „Befristungen“ (#90,006), „bedeutsamsten“ (#90,003). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „befeuchten“ bei #90,005. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

befeuchten is uncommon German at frequency #90,005 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas schwach mit einer Flüssigkeit benetzen, so dass es feucht wird".

No generated misspelling entries exist for befeuchten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is befeuchten, spelled B-E-F-E-U-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas schwach mit einer Flüssigkeit benetzen, so dass es feucht wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how befeuchten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Umblättern geht manchmal einfacher, wenn man den Finger etwas befeuchtet.
  2. „Er legte seine Wange auf die dunkelbraune Erde, befeuchtete seine trockenen Lippen und schloß die Augen.“

Synonyms

anfeuchtenanleckenbegießenbeleckenberieselnbesprengenbespritzenbesprühenbeträufelnfeuchtmachennassmachenbenetzennetzen

Antonyms

entfeuchtentrocknen

This word in other languages

moisten(English)humedecer(Español)humidifier(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "befeuchten"?
"befeuchten" is spelled B-E-F-E-U-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩].
What does "befeuchten" mean?
As a verb, "befeuchten" means: etwas schwach mit einer Flüssigkeit benetzen, so dass es feucht wird
How do you pronounce "befeuchten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "befeuchten" is [bəˈfɔɪ̯çtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "befeuchten" come from?
"befeuchten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "befeuchten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

begreifbar#90,010begüterten#90,011beklatscht#90,017Babylonien#89,988

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list