befindet
[bəˈfɪndət]
The verdict
“befindet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,177
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs befinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-befindet · befindet · German
befindet · rank #1,177 · 12 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,177
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Arzt
Nearest frequency peer: Arzt (-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 „befindet“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zusammenhang
Zusammenhang
98,827 corpus weight
- Angaben
Angaben
98,826 corpus weight
- Arzt
Arzt
98,825 corpus weight
- befindet
befindet
98,824 corpus weight
- daraus
daraus
98,823 corpus weight
- en
en
98,822 corpus weight
What this shows „befindet“ 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 | befindet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈfɪndət] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „befindet“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around befindet (IPA [bəˈfɪndət]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,177 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for befindet, with forms such as "bbefindet", "beffindet", and "befidnet". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "bindet", "Befunde", "Befunden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is befindet, spelled B-E-F-I-N-D-E-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs befinden
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs befinden
- 32. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs befinden
- 42. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs befinden
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbefindet
- beffindet
- befidnet
- befinddet
- befindett
- befindte
- befinedt
- befinndet
- befnidet
- beifndet
- bfeindet
- ebfindet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of befindet - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "befindet", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).