Befindlichkeit

[bəˈfɪntlɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[bəˈfɪntlɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Befindlichkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #55,170 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,170
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gefühlter Zustand, in dem jemand ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-befindlichkeit · Befindlichkeit · German

Befindlichkeit · rank #55,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,170
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Befehls

Nearest frequency peer: Befehls (-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 „Befindlichkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Befindlichkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordBefindlichkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈfɪntlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters14
Frequency rank#55,170
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Befindlichkeit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Befindlichkeitfällt 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: „Befehls“ (#55,169), „Begierden“ (#55,171), „bedrohlicher“ (#55,168). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Befindlichkeit“ bei #55,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Befindlichkeit is uncommon German at frequency #55,170 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈfɪntlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gefühlter Zustand, in dem jemand ist".

No misspelling variants are generated for Befindlichkeit in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Befindlichkeit, spelled B-E-F-I-N-D-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    gefühlter Zustand, in dem jemand ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Ärztin fragte Matthias nach seiner körperlichen und seelischen Befindlichkeit.
  2. Und, wie ist so deine Befindlichkeit? – Ganz gut. Und selbst?

Synonyms

AllgemeinbefindenBefindenGefühlslageGemütslageGemütszustandStimmungVerfassung

This word in other languages

state(English)

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 "Befindlichkeit"?
"Befindlichkeit" is spelled B-E-F-I-N-D-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfɪntlɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Befindlichkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Befindlichkeit" means: gefühlter Zustand, in dem jemand ist
How do you pronounce "Befindlichkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Befindlichkeit" is [bəˈfɪntlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Befindlichkeit" come from?
"Befindlichkeit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Benefizkonzert#55,176bahnbrechenden#55,160Bestimmungsort#55,181asymmetrischen#55,137

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list