behaglich

[bəˈhaːklɪç]

/[bəˈhaːklɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“behaglich” is uncommon German (frequency #65,026 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,026
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wohlbehagen, Gemütlichkeit erweckend

Corpus desk

Index DE-behaglich · behaglich · German

behaglich · rank #65,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,026
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Befolgung

Nearest frequency peer: Befolgung (-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 „behaglich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for behaglich
PropertyValue
Headwordbehaglich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈhaːklɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,026
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „behaglich“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.behaglichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Befolgung“ (#65,025), „befindlicher“ (#65,024), „Beichtstuhl“ (#65,028). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „behaglich“ bei #65,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

behaglich is uncommon German at frequency #65,026 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈhaːklɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for behaglich in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is behaglich, spelled B-E-H-A-G-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wohlbehagen, Gemütlichkeit erweckend
  2. 2
    Wohlbehagen, Gemütlichkeit empfindend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Du hast dein Zimmer wirklich behaglich eingerichtet.
  2. „Doch der Mensch lebt nicht vom Entertainment allein und die behaglichste historische Atmosphäre garantiert noch längst keinen wirtschaftlichen Erfolg.“.

Synonyms

gemütlichheimeligmuscheligmuschligtraulichmuckelig

Antonyms

unbehaglich

This word in other languages

comfortable(English)acogedor(Español)agréable(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 "behaglich"?
"behaglich" is spelled B-E-H-A-G-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhaːklɪç].
What does "behaglich" mean?
As an adjective, "behaglich" means: Wohlbehagen, Gemütlichkeit erweckend
How do you pronounce "behaglich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "behaglich" is [bəˈhaːklɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Befolgung#65,025Bernhards#65,034besetzter#65,037Automarkt#65,011

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list