behältst
[bəˈhɛlt͡st]
The verdict
“behältst” is uncommon German (frequency #59,480 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,480
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-behaltst · behältst · German
behältst · rank #59,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,480
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH Behältnis
Nearest frequency peer: Behältnis (-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 “behältst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Behausungen
Behausungen
40,524 corpus weight
- behebt
behebt
40,523 corpus weight
- Behältnis
Behältnis
40,522 corpus weight
- behältst
behältst
40,521 corpus weight
- Beigeordnet…
Beigeordneten
40,520 corpus weight
- Beitragszah…
Beitragszahler
40,519 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “behältst” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | behältst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈhɛlt͡st] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “behältst” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
behältst is uncommon German at frequency #59,480 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈhɛlt͡st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten".
No generated misspelling entries exist for behältst in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is behältst, spelled B-E-H-Ä-L-T-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behalten
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.