befugt

[bəˈfuːkt]

/[bəˈfuːkt]/ adj

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The verdict

“befugt” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,060. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,060
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Befugnis, das Recht, die Bevollmächtigung zu etwas besitzend

Corpus desk

Index DE-befugt · befugt · German

befugt · rank #25,060 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,060
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Befragungen

Nearest frequency peer: Befragungen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „befugt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „befugt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

befugt vs Bezug
50% similar
befugt vs beugt
83% similar
befugt vs bewegt
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for befugt
PropertyValue
Headwordbefugt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈfuːkt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,060
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „befugt“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).befugtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Befragungen“ (#25,059), „Begierde“ (#25,061), „befiehlt“ (#25,058). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „befugt“ bei #25,060. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around befugt (IPA [bəˈfuːkt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,060 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die Befugnis, das Recht, die Bevollmächtigung zu etwas besitzend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for befugt, with forms such as "bbefugt", "beffugt", and "befgut". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Bezug", "beugt", "bewegt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is befugt, spelled B-E-F-U-G-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Befugnis, das Recht, die Bevollmächtigung zu etwas besitzend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Du bist nicht dazu befugt, vor dem Supermarkt zu parken, wenn du gar kein Kunde bist.
  2. „Allgemein ist anzumerken, daß der Bundespräsident durchaus befugt ist, sich auch politisch zu äußern.“

Synonyms

berechtigt

Antonyms

unbefugt

This word in other languages

authorized(English)habilité(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbefugt
  • beffugt
  • befgut
  • befuggt
  • befugtt
  • befutg
  • beufgt
  • bfeugt
  • ebfugt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of befugt - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbefugt1beffugt1befgut2befuggt1befugtt1befutg2beufgt2bfeugt2
Edit distance from "befugt"

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 "befugt"?
"befugt" is spelled B-E-F-U-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfuːkt].
What does "befugt" mean?
As an adjective, "befugt" means: die Befugnis, das Recht, die Bevollmächtigung zu etwas besitzend
What words are commonly confused with "befugt"?
"befugt" is commonly confused with "Bezug", "beugt", "bewegt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "befugt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "befugt" is [bəˈfuːkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "befugt" come from?
"befugt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list