begehen
[bəˈɡeːən]
The verdict
“begehen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,579
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Objekt beschreiten, um es zu inspizieren; auf etwas zu Fuß gehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-begehen · begehen · German
begehen · rank #7,579 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,579
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH befestigt
Nearest frequency peer: befestigt (-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 „begehen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ausweis
Ausweis
92,425 corpus weight
- bearbeiten
bearbeiten
92,424 corpus weight
- befestigt
befestigt
92,423 corpus weight
- begehen
begehen
92,422 corpus weight
- bestimmter
bestimmter
92,421 corpus weight
- betreffenden
betreffenden
92,420 corpus weight
What this shows „begehen“ 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 | begehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈɡeːən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „begehen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around begehen (IPA [bəˈɡeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,579 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for begehen, with forms such as "bbegehen", "beeghen", and "begeehn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "begeht", "bewegen", "belegen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is begehen, spelled B-E-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Objekt beschreiten, um es zu inspizieren; auf etwas zu Fuß gehen
- 2mit seiner Handlung gegen etwas verstoßen (z. B. gegen ein Gesetz)
- 3gehoben: ein Ereignis feiern, zelebrieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how begehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Darf mein Vermieter meine Wohnung begehen und Fotos machen?
Der frisch asphaltierte Fußweg kann noch nicht begangen werden.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbegehen
- beeghen
- begeehn
- begehenn
- begehhen
- begehne
- beggehen
- begheen
- bgeehen
- ebgehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of begehen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "begehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).