befruchten

[bəˈfʁʊxtn̩]

/[bəˈfʁʊxtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“befruchten” is uncommon German (frequency #69,024 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,024
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine männliche und weibliche Geschlechtszelle vereinigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-befruchten · befruchten · German

befruchten · rank #69,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,024
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH befindliches

Nearest frequency peer: befindliches (-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 „befruchten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for befruchten
PropertyValue
Headwordbefruchten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈfʁʊxtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „befruchten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „befindliches“ (#69,023), „bedurft“ (#69,022), „Behandlungsfehler“ (#69,026). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „befruchten“ bei #69,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

befruchten is uncommon German at frequency #69,024 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈfʁʊxtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

befruchten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 befruchten, spelled B-E-F-R-U-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine männliche und weibliche Geschlechtszelle vereinigen
  2. 2
    etwas fruchtbar machen
  3. 3
    jemanden geistig anregen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Meine Frau hat sich künstlich befruchten lassen.
  2. Der Nil befruchtet das ufernahe Land.

Synonyms

inspirieren

This word in other languages

fertilise(English)fertilizar(Español)

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 "befruchten"?
"befruchten" is spelled B-E-F-R-U-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfʁʊxtn̩].
What does "befruchten" mean?
As a verb, "befruchten" means: eine männliche und weibliche Geschlechtszelle vereinigen
How do you pronounce "befruchten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "befruchten" is [bəˈfʁʊxtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "befruchten" come from?
"befruchten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bewegendes#69,042Bewerberin#69,043Ausflüchte#69,003Augenringe#69,001

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list