befreundeter

[bəˈfʁɔɪ̯ndətɐ]

/[bəˈfʁɔɪ̯ndətɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“befreundeter” is uncommon German (frequency #55,977 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,977
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs befreundet

Corpus desk

Index DE-befreundeter · befreundeter · German

befreundeter · rank #55,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,977
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH befallenen

Nearest frequency peer: befallenen (-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 „befreundeter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for befreundeter
PropertyValue
Headwordbefreundeter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈfʁɔɪ̯ndətɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#55,977
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „befreundeter“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.befreundeterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „befallenen“ (#55,976), „Beginns“ (#55,978), „bedrängten“ (#55,975). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „befreundeter“ bei #55,977. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

befreundeter is uncommon German at frequency #55,977 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈfʁɔɪ̯ndətɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

befreundeter has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is befreundeter, spelled B-E-F-R-E-U-N-D-E-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs befreundet
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs befreundet
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs befreundet
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs befreundet
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs befreundet

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 "befreundeter"?
"befreundeter" is spelled B-E-F-R-E-U-N-D-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfʁɔɪ̯ndətɐ].
What does "befreundeter" mean?
As an adjective, "befreundeter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs befreundet
How do you pronounce "befreundeter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "befreundeter" is [bəˈfʁɔɪ̯ndətɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "befreundeter" come from?
"befreundeter" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list