Begleiter
[bəˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“Begleiter” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,442 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,442
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der jemanden begleitet; jemand, der gemeinsam mit jemandem irgendwo hingeht
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 | Begleiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Begleiter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Begleiter is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,442 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Begleiter, with forms such as "bbegleiter", "begeliter", and "beggleiter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "begleitet", "begleitete", "Begleitern", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Begleiter, spelled B-E-G-L-E-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der jemanden begleitet; jemand, der gemeinsam mit jemandem irgendwo hingeht
- 2Person, die einen Solisten auf einem Instrument begleitet
- 3deutsche Bezeichnung für Artikel
- 4umschreibend für: Freund, Liebhaber
- 5Himmelskörper, der einen anderen umkreist oder die gleiche Bahn wie dieser verfolgt
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbegleiter,begeliter,beggleiter,begleietr,begleiterr,begleitre,begleitter,begletier,beglieter,beglleiter,belgeiter,bgeleiter,ebgleiter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Begleiter - 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.
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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Using “Begleiter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-G-L-E-I-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “begleitet” - see the side-by-side comparison. Begleiter vs begleitet
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.