Befreiung
[bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋ]
The verdict
“Befreiung” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,278 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,278
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (häufig irreguläre) Beendigung von Gefangenschaft oder Haft
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 | Befreiung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Befreiung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Befreiung is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,278 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Befreiung, with forms such as "bbefreiung", "beferiung", and "beffreiung". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Betreuung", "befreien", "Befragung", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Befreiung, spelled B-E-F-R-E-I-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1(häufig irreguläre) Beendigung von Gefangenschaft oder Haft
- 2Beendigung von Repression oder Besatzung
- 3Beendigung von Leiden, Krankheit oder anderen Belastungen
- 4Entbindung von der Pflicht zur Einhaltung bestimmter Regeln
- 5Aufhebung eines repressiven Verbots im Einzelfall
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbefreiung,beferiung,beffreiung,befreinug,befreiugn,befreiungg,befreiunng,befreuing,befrieung,befrreiung,berfeiung,bfereiung,ebfreiung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Befreiung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Befreiung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-F-R-E-I-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈfʁaɪ̯ʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Betreuung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Befreiung vs Betreuung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.