begreifen
[bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“begreifen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,158. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,158
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden mit dem Verstand erfassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-begreifen · begreifen · German
begreifen · rank #6,158 · 13 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,158
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Beach
Nearest frequency peer: Beach (-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 “begreifen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Auswertung
Auswertung
93,846 corpus weight
- Bamberg
Bamberg
93,845 corpus weight
- Beach
Beach
93,844 corpus weight
- begreifen
begreifen
93,843 corpus weight
- bekanntlich
bekanntlich
93,842 corpus weight
- belastet
belastet
93,841 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “begreifen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | begreifen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “begreifen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around begreifen (IPA [bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,158 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for begreifen, with forms such as "bbegreifen", "begerifen", and "beggreifen". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "bereiten", "begreift", "bereisen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is begreifen, spelled B-E-G-R-E-I-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden mit dem Verstand erfassen
- 2etwas umfassen, beinhalten
- 3mit den Fingern/Händen anfassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how begreifen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Junge benötigt noch etwas Zeit, bis er die Rechenart wirklich begreift.
Der Junge begreift schnell.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbegreifen
- begerifen
- beggreifen
- begrefien
- begreiefn
- begreifenn
- begreiffen
- begreifne
- begriefen
- begrreifen
- bergeifen
- bgereifen
- ebgreifen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of begreifen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "begreifen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "begreifen". Here's where to go from here.
- "begreifen" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "bereiten". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,158 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.