befriedet

[bəˈfʁiːdət]

/[bəˈfʁiːdət]/ adj

The verdict

“befriedet” is uncommon German (frequency #82,557 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,557
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch einen Zaun, eine Mauer oder Ähnlichem unter Schutz stehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-befriedet · befriedet · German

befriedet · rank #82,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,557
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Befreiungen

Nearest frequency peer: Befreiungen (-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 „befriedet“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for befriedet
PropertyValue
Headwordbefriedet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈfʁiːdət]
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,557
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „befriedet“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).befriedetfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Befreiungen“ (#82,556), „begehrter“ (#82,558), „befolgte“ (#82,555). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „befriedet“ bei #82,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

befriedet is uncommon German at frequency #82,557 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈfʁiːdət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch einen Zaun, eine Mauer oder Ähnlichem unter Schutz stehend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for befriedet, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is befriedet, spelled B-E-F-R-I-E-D-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch einen Zaun, eine Mauer oder Ähnlichem unter Schutz stehend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Wer in befriedetes Besitztum widerrechtlich eindringt, macht sich des Hausfriedensbruches strafbar.

Synonyms

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 "befriedet"?
"befriedet" is spelled B-E-F-R-I-E-D-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfʁiːdət].
What does "befriedet" mean?
As an adjective, "befriedet" means: durch einen Zaun, eine Mauer oder Ähnlichem unter Schutz stehend
How do you pronounce "befriedet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "befriedet" is [bəˈfʁiːdət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "befriedet" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list