Behaarung

[bəˈhaːʁʊŋ]

/[bəˈhaːʁʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Behaarung” is uncommon German (frequency #51,148 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,148
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haarwuchs, Körperhaare beim Menschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-behaarung · Behaarung · German

Behaarung · rank #51,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,148
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Begleitersche…

Nearest frequency peer: Begleiterscheinungen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Behaarung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Behaarung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Behaarung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBehaarung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈhaːʁʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,148
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Behaarung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Behaarungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Begleiterscheinungen“ (#51,147), „beherzt“ (#51,149), „befriedigende“ (#51,146). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Behaarung“ bei #51,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Behaarung is uncommon German at frequency #51,148 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈhaːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Behaarung in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Behaarung, spelled B-E-H-A-A-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Haarwuchs, Körperhaare beim Menschen
  2. 2
    Fell beim Tier

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Behaarung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dunkle Behaarung an den Armen von Frauen finden manche unästhetisch.
  2. Die dichte Behaarung des Eisbären schützt ihn vor der Kälte.

Synonyms

Fell

This word in other languages

hair(English)vellosidad(Español)pilosité(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Behaarung"?
"Behaarung" is spelled B-E-H-A-A-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhaːʁʊŋ].
What does "Behaarung" mean?
As a noun, "Behaarung" means: Haarwuchs, Körperhaare beim Menschen
How do you pronounce "Behaarung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Behaarung" is [bəˈhaːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Behaarung" come from?
"Behaarung" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Behaarung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beibringt#51,150Autosalon#51,132aushebeln#51,127Attentats#51,120

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list