Behaglichkeit
[bəˈhaːklɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Behaglichkeit” is an uncommon German word, ranked #66,030 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,030
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wohliges Gefühl der Zufriedenheit, stilles Vergnügen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Behaglichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈhaːklɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Behaglichkeit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Behaglichkeit is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈhaːklɪçkaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,030 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "wohliges Gefühl der Zufriedenheit, stilles Vergnügen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Behaglichkeit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Behaglichkeit, spelled B-E-H-A-G-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1wohliges Gefühl der Zufriedenheit, stilles Vergnügen
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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 “Behaglichkeit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-H-A-G-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈhaːklɪçkaɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.