begegnet
[bəˈɡeːɡnət]
The verdict
“begegnet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,864
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begegnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-begegnet · begegnet · German
begegnet · rank #4,864 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,864
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Balkon
Nearest frequency peer: Balkon (-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 „begegnet“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ausgegangen
ausgegangen
95,140 corpus weight
- Ausschuss
Ausschuss
95,139 corpus weight
- Balkon
Balkon
95,138 corpus weight
- begegnet
begegnet
95,137 corpus weight
- bereiten
bereiten
95,136 corpus weight
- berichtete
berichtete
95,135 corpus weight
What this shows „begegnet“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | begegnet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈɡeːɡnət] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „begegnet“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around begegnet (IPA [bəˈɡeːɡnət]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,864 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for begegnet, with forms such as "bbegegnet", "beeggnet", and "begegent". 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, "begegnete", "begegneten", "begegne", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is begegnet, spelled B-E-G-E-G-N-E-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begegnen
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begegnen
- 32. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begegnen
- 42. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begegnen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbegegnet
- beeggnet
- begegent
- begeggnet
- begegnett
- begegnnet
- begegnte
- begenget
- beggegnet
- beggenet
- bgeegnet
- ebgegnet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of begegnet - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "begegnet", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).