Behältern
[bəˈhɛltɐn]
The verdict
“Behältern” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,750
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Behälter
Corpus desk
Index DE-behaltern · Behältern · German
Behältern · rank #43,750 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,750
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH Behandlungsme…
Nearest frequency peer: Behandlungsmethoden (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Behältern”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bedrängen
bedrängen
56,254 corpus weight
- begin
begin
56,253 corpus weight
- Behandlungs…
Behandlungsmethoden
56,252 corpus weight
- Behältern
Behältern
56,251 corpus weight
- beigesteuert
beigesteuert
56,250 corpus weight
- beispiellose
beispiellose
56,249 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Behältern” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Behältern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈhɛltɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #43,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Behältern” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Behältern (IPA [bəˈhɛltɐn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,750 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Behälter".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Behältern, with forms such as "bbehältern", "behhältern", and "behlätern". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Beratern", "bemalten", "behaltet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Behältern, spelled B-E-H-Ä-L-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Behälter
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbehältern
- behhältern
- behlätern
- behäletrn
- behälltern
- behältenr
- behälternn
- behälterrn
- behältren
- behälttern
- behätlern
- beähltern
- bheältern
- ebhältern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Behältern - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Behältern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.