beginne

[bəˈɡɪnə]

/[bəˈɡɪnə]/ verb

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The verdict

“beginne” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,607
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beginnen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beginne · beginne · German

beginne · rank #11,607 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,607
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Befürworter

Nearest frequency peer: Befürworter (-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 „beginne“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „beginne“ 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).

beginne vs Beine
57% similar
beginne vs beginnt
86% similar
beginne vs bekenne
71% similar

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

Key facts for beginne
PropertyValue
Headwordbeginne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈɡɪnə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,607
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „beginne“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Befürworter“ (#11,606), „Behälter“ (#11,608), „Beerdigung“ (#11,605). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beginne“ bei #11,607. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around beginne (IPA [bəˈɡɪnə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,607 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for beginne, with forms such as "bbeginne", "begginne", and "begine". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Beine", "beginnt", "bekenne", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 beginne, spelled B-E-G-I-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beginnen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beginnen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beginnen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beginnen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbeginne
  • begginne
  • begine
  • begnine
  • beignne
  • bgeinne
  • ebginne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbeginne1begginne1begine1begnine2beignne2bgeinne2ebginne2
Edit distance from "beginne"

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 "beginne"?
"beginne" is spelled B-E-G-I-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈɡɪnə].
What does "beginne" mean?
As a verb, "beginne" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beginnen
What words are commonly confused with "beginne"?
"beginne" is commonly confused with "Beine", "beginnt", "bekenne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beginne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beginne" is [bəˈɡɪnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beginne" come from?
"beginne" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Baumann#11,604Bananen#11,603Bergbau#11,611blickte#11,615

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Atlas7 variantsbreak7 variantsBrenner7 variantsedlen7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list