befürchtet

[bəˈfʏʁçtət]

/[bəˈfʏʁçtət]/ adj

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The verdict

“befürchtet” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,835
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - negative Dinge erwartend

Corpus desk

Index DE-befurchtet · befürchtet · German

befürchtet · rank #8,835 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,835
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Befragung

Nearest frequency peer: Befragung (-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 „befürchtet“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „befürchtet“ 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).

befürchtet vs befürchtete
91% similar
befürchtet vs befürchteten
83% similar
befürchtet vs befürchte
90% similar

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

Key facts for befürchtet
PropertyValue
Headwordbefürchtet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈfʏʁçtət]
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,835
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „befürchtet“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Befragung“ (#8,834), „beigebracht“ (#8,836), „basierend“ (#8,833). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „befürchtet“ bei #8,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around befürchtet (IPA [bəˈfʏʁçtət]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,835 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "negative Dinge erwartend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for befürchtet, with forms such as "bbefürchtet", "beffürchtet", and "befrüchtet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "befürchtete", "befürchteten", "befürchte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is befürchtet, spelled B-E-F-Ü-R-C-H-T-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    negative Dinge erwartend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der befürchtete Wetterumschwung trat nicht ein.
  2. „Das Bundeskartellamt untersagt den Verkauf der TV-Kabelnetze der Deutschen Telekom an den US-Konzern Liberty Media wegen befürchteter Nachteile für den Verbraucher.“

This word in other languages

feared(English)temido(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbefürchtet
  • beffürchtet
  • befrüchtet
  • befücrhtet
  • befürcchtet
  • befürchett
  • befürchhtet
  • befürchtett
  • befürchtte
  • befürchttet
  • befürcthet
  • befürhctet
  • befürrchtet
  • beüfrchtet
  • bfeürchtet
  • ebfürchtet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of befürchtet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbefürchtet1beffürchtet1befrüchtet2befücrhtet2befürcchtet1befürchett2befürchhtet1befürchtett1
Edit distance from "befürchtet"

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 "befürchtet"?
"befürchtet" is spelled B-E-F-Ü-R-C-H-T-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfʏʁçtət].
What does "befürchtet" mean?
As an adjective, "befürchtet" means: negative Dinge erwartend
What words are commonly confused with "befürchtet"?
"befürchtet" is commonly confused with "befürchtete", "befürchteten", "befürchte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "befürchtet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "befürchtet" is [bəˈfʏʁçtət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "befürchtet" come from?
"befürchtet" 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 "befürchtet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Aussprache#8,829aufgeteilt#8,827arbeiteten#8,823christlich#8,847

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

asiatischen16 variantseinzigartig16 variantsgarantieren16 variantsumgebracht16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list