befrieden
[bəˈfʁiːdn̩]
The verdict
“befrieden” is uncommon German (frequency #74,357 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,357
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Konflikt beilegen, dauerhaft Frieden stiften
Corpus desk
Index DE-befrieden · befrieden · German
befrieden · rank #74,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,357
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH befehligte
Nearest frequency peer: befehligte (-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 „befrieden“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bedienungen
Bedienungen
25,646 corpus weight
- befehligte
befehligte
25,645 corpus weight
- befrieden
befrieden
25,644 corpus weight
- belastendes
belastendes
25,643 corpus weight
- belehnt
belehnt
25,642 corpus weight
- Belgrader
Belgrader
25,641 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „befrieden“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | befrieden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈfʁiːdn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „befrieden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
befrieden is uncommon German at frequency #74,357 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfʁiːdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Konflikt beilegen, dauerhaft Frieden stiften".
No generated misspelling entries exist for befrieden in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is befrieden, spelled B-E-F-R-I-E-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Konflikt beilegen, dauerhaft Frieden stiften
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how befrieden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bis der Nahe Osten endgültig befriedet werden kann, wird noch viel Wasser den Jordan hinunterfließen.
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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