Befürworter

[bəˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁtɐ]

/[bəˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Befürworter” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,606
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die etwas befürwortet, also sich für etwas einsetzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-befurworter · Befürworter · German

Befürworter · rank #11,606 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,606
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beerdigung

Nearest frequency peer: Beerdigung (-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 „Befürworter“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Befürworter“ 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).

Befürworter vs befürwortet
82% similar
Befürworter vs Befürwortern
92% similar
Befürworter vs befürwortete
75% similar

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

Key facts for Befürworter
PropertyValue
HeadwordBefürworter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁtɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,606
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Befürworter“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Befürworterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Beerdigung“ (#11,605), „beginne“ (#11,607), „Baumann“ (#11,604). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Befürworter“ bei #11,606. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Befürworter (IPA [bəˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,606 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die etwas befürwortet, also sich für etwas einsetzt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Befürworter, with forms such as "bbefürworter", "beffürworter", and "befrüworter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "befürwortet", "Befürwortern", "befürwortete", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Befürworter, spelled B-E-F-Ü-R-W-O-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die etwas befürwortet, also sich für etwas einsetzt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Er ist ein Befürworter innovativer neuer Studiengänge und glaubt, dass die Hochschulen nur durch ein spezifisches Profil im Wettbewerb bestehen können.“

Antonyms

Gegner

This word in other languages

proponent(English)partidario(Español)partisan(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbefürworter
  • beffürworter
  • befrüworter
  • befürowrter
  • befürrworter
  • befürworetr
  • befürworrter
  • befürworterr
  • befürwortre
  • befürwortter
  • befürwotrer
  • befürwroter
  • befürwworter
  • befüwrorter
  • beüfrworter
  • bfeürworter
  • ebfürworter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Befürworter - 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.

bbefürworter1beffürworter1befrüworter2befürowrter2befürrworter1befürworetr2befürworrter1befürworterr1
Edit distance from "Befürworter"

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 "Befürworter"?
"Befürworter" is spelled B-E-F-Ü-R-W-O-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁtɐ].
What does "Befürworter" mean?
As a noun, "Befürworter" means: Person, die etwas befürwortet, also sich für etwas einsetzt
What words are commonly confused with "Befürworter"?
"Befürworter" is commonly confused with "befürwortet", "Befürwortern", "befürwortete". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Befürworter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Befürworter" is [bəˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Befürworter" come from?
"Befürworter" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anschaffung#11,590distanziert#11,630übernachten#11,581ökologische#11,580

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

einwandfrei17 variantsverschärft17 variantsSchnäppchen17 variantsMitbewohner17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list