befremdlich
[bəˈfʁɛmtlɪç]
The verdict
“befremdlich” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,954
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unangenehme Verwunderung hervorrufend
Corpus desk
Index DE-befremdlich · befremdlich · German
befremdlich · rank #29,954 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,954
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH befall
Nearest frequency peer: befall (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “befremdlich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- beachtlichen
beachtlichen
70,049 corpus weight
- befall
befall
70,048 corpus weight
- befremdlich
befremdlich
70,047 corpus weight
- Belebung
Belebung
70,046 corpus weight
- Belehrung
Belehrung
70,045 corpus weight
- beleuchtete
beleuchtete
70,044 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “befremdlich” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | befremdlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈfʁɛmtlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #29,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “befremdlich” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around befremdlich (IPA [bəˈfʁɛmtlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,954 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unangenehme Verwunderung hervorrufend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for befremdlich, with forms such as "bbefremdlich", "befermdlich", and "beffremdlich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is befremdlich, spelled B-E-F-R-E-M-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1unangenehme Verwunderung hervorrufend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how befremdlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Verhalten ist befremdlich.
„Auf einmal war diese wunderbare Werbeagentur zu einem befremdlichen Arbeitsplatz geworden.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbefremdlich
- befermdlich
- beffremdlich
- befredmlich
- befremddlich
- befremdilch
- befremdlcih
- befremdlicch
- befremdlichh
- befremdlihc
- befremdllich
- befremldich
- befremmdlich
- befrmedlich
- befrremdlich
- berfemdlich
- bferemdlich
- ebfremdlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of befremdlich - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "befremdlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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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.