begründen
[bəˈɡʁʏndn̩]
The verdict
“begründen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,875
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Grund, eine Ursache für etwas benennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-begrunden · begründen · German
begründen · rank #7,875 · 14 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,875
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH BBC
Nearest frequency peer: BBC (-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 „begründen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- batterie
batterie
92,129 corpus weight
- baute
baute
92,128 corpus weight
- BBC
BBC
92,127 corpus weight
- begründen
begründen
92,126 corpus weight
- belohnt
belohnt
92,125 corpus weight
- berechnen
berechnen
92,124 corpus weight
What this shows „begründen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | begründen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈɡʁʏndn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „begründen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around begründen (IPA [bəˈɡʁʏndn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,875 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for begründen, with forms such as "bbegründen", "beggründen", and "begrnüden". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Bekunden", "begründet", "betrunken", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is begründen, spelled B-E-G-R-Ü-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Grund, eine Ursache für etwas benennen
- 2für etwas die Voraussetzung schaffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how begründen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist gut, wenn man das, was man tut, gegebenenfalls auch begründen kann.
Sein Verhalten in all den Jahren begründete sein Ansehen bei den Nachbarn.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbegründen
- beggründen
- begrnüden
- begrründen
- begrüdnen
- begründden
- begründenn
- begründne
- begrünedn
- begrünnden
- begürnden
- bergünden
- bgeründen
- ebgründen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of begründen - 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 "begründen", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).