begründete
[bəˈɡʁʏndətə]
The verdict
“begründete” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,766 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #6,766
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
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 | begründete |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈɡʁʏndətə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “begründete” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for begründete is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈɡʁʏndətə]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,766 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for begründete, with forms such as "bbegründete", "beggründete", and "begrnüdete". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "bekundete", "begründeten", "begründet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is begründete, spelled B-E-G-R-Ü-N-D-E-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
- 3Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
- 4Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
- 5Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
- 7Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
- 8Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
- 9Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs begründet
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbegründete,beggründete,begrnüdete,begrründete,begrüdnete,begründdete,begründeet,begründette,begründtee,begrünedte,begrünndete,begürndete,bergündete,bgeründete,ebgründete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of begründete - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "begründete"
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 “begründete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-G-R-Ü-N-D-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈɡʁʏndətə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bekundete” - see the side-by-side comparison. begründete vs bekundete
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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