Begonie

[beˈɡoːni̯ə]

/[beˈɡoːni̯ə]/ noun

The verdict

“Begonie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zierpflanze (Begonia) aus der Familie der Schiefblattgewächse (Begoniaceae)

Corpus desk

Index DE-begonie · Begonie · German

Begonie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Begonie
PropertyValue
HeadwordBegonie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[beˈɡoːni̯ə]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Begonie” sits in German frequency

Begonie falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Begonie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [beˈɡoːni̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zierpflanze (Begonia) aus der Familie der Schiefblattgewächse (Begoniaceae)".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Begonie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Begonie, spelled B-E-G-O-N-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zierpflanze (Begonia) aus der Familie der Schiefblattgewächse (Begoniaceae)

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Begonie"?
"Begonie" is spelled B-E-G-O-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [beˈɡoːni̯ə].
What does "Begonie" mean?
As a noun, "Begonie" means: Zierpflanze (Begonia) aus der Familie der Schiefblattgewächse (Begoniaceae)
How do you pronounce "Begonie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Begonie" is [beˈɡoːni̯ə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Begonie" come from?
"Begonie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list