begehre
[bəˈɡeːʁə]
The verdict
“begehre” is uncommon German (frequency #73,295 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,295
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begehren
Corpus desk
Index DE-begehre · begehre · German
begehre · rank #73,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,295
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH befleckt
Nearest frequency peer: befleckt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “begehre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bebauungspl…
Bebauungsplans
26,710 corpus weight
- bebildert
bebildert
26,709 corpus weight
- bebilderte
bebilderte
26,708 corpus weight
- befleckt
befleckt
26,707 corpus weight
- begehre
begehre
26,706 corpus weight
- beibrachte
beibrachte
26,703 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “begehre” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | begehre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈɡeːʁə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “begehre” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
begehre is uncommon German at frequency #73,295 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈɡeːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for begehre, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is begehre, spelled B-E-G-E-H-R-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begehren
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begehren
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begehren
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs begehren
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.