begutachten
[bəˈɡuːtˌʔaxtn̩]
The verdict
“begutachten” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,215. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,215
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (mit Sachverstand) genau überprüfen, oftmals so, dass eine schriftliche Beurteilung (ein Gutachten) erstellt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-begutachten · begutachten · German
begutachten · rank #27,215 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,215
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH begeisterter
Nearest frequency peer: begeisterter (-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 “begutachten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bediensteten
bediensteten
72,789 corpus weight
- bedingungsl…
bedingungslose
72,788 corpus weight
- begeisterter
begeisterter
72,787 corpus weight
- begutachten
begutachten
72,786 corpus weight
- bemerke
bemerke
72,785 corpus weight
- beschleunig…
beschleunigte
72,784 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “begutachten” 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 | begutachten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈɡuːtˌʔaxtn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #27,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “begutachten” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around begutachten (IPA [bəˈɡuːtˌʔaxtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,215 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(mit Sachverstand) genau überprüfen, oftmals so, dass eine schriftliche Beurteilung (ein Gutachten) erstellt wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for begutachten, with forms such as "bbegutachten", "beggutachten", and "begtuachten". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "begutachtet", "Begutachtung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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. The correct German form is begutachten, spelled B-E-G-U-T-A-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1(mit Sachverstand) genau überprüfen, oftmals so, dass eine schriftliche Beurteilung (ein Gutachten) erstellt wird
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbegutachten
- beggutachten
- begtuachten
- beguatchten
- begutacchten
- begutachetn
- begutachhten
- begutachtenn
- begutachtne
- begutachtten
- begutacthen
- begutahcten
- begutcahten
- beguttachten
- beugtachten
- bgeutachten
- ebgutachten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of begutachten - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "begutachten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.