behalte

/[bəˈhaltə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,834

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

behalte is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten Pronounced [bəˈhaltə]. Often confused with bemalt and besagte.

Key facts for behalte
PropertyValue
Headwordbehalte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈhaltə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,834
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of behalte in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for behalte is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈhaltə]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,834 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for behalte, with forms such as "bbehalte", "beahlte", and "behalet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "bemalt", "besagte", "bemalte", 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 behalte, spelled B-E-H-A-L-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbehalte,beahlte,behalet,behallte,behaltte,behatle,behhalte,behlate,bhealte,ebhalte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for behalte

Misspelling Variants of "behalte"

bbehalte8beahlte7behalet7behallte8behaltte8behatle7behhalte8behlate7
Misspelling Variants of "behalte"

Frequency rank: #15,834 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "behalte"?
"behalte" is spelled B-E-H-A-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhaltə].
What does "behalte" mean?
As a verb, "behalte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten
What words are commonly confused with "behalte"?
"behalte" is commonly confused with "bemalt", "besagte", "bemalte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "behalte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "behalte" is [bəˈhaltə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "behalte" come from?
"behalte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.