behalte

[bəˈhaltə]

/[bəˈhaltə]/ verb

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The verdict

“behalte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,834
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-behalte · behalte · German

behalte · rank #15,834 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,834
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Begriffs

Nearest frequency peer: Begriffs (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „behalte“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „behalte“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

behalte vs bemalt
71% similar
behalte vs besagte
71% similar
behalte vs bemalte
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „behalte“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.behalteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Begriffs“ (#15,833), „bequemer“ (#15,835), „beginnend“ (#15,832). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „behalte“ bei #15,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around behalte (IPA [bəˈhaltə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,834 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for behalte, with forms such as "bbehalte", "beahlte", and "behalet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "bemalt", "besagte", "bemalte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is behalte, spelled B-E-H-A-L-T-E.

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of behalte - 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.

bbehalte1beahlte2behalet2behallte1behaltte1behatle2behhalte1behlate2
Edit distance from "behalte"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list