beharren
[bəˈhaʁən]
The verdict
“beharren” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,553. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,553
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bezogen auf Meinung, Entschluss: etwas nicht aufgeben, hartnäckig an etwas festhalten, in etwas nicht nachgeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-beharren · beharren · German
beharren · rank #28,553 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,553
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH begleitenden
Nearest frequency peer: begleitenden (-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 „beharren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- befreundete
befreundete
71,451 corpus weight
- begabte
begabte
71,450 corpus weight
- begleitenden
begleitenden
71,449 corpus weight
- beharren
beharren
71,448 corpus weight
- Beilagen
Beilagen
71,447 corpus weight
- beiläufig
beiläufig
71,446 corpus weight
What this shows „beharren“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | beharren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈhaʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „beharren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around beharren (IPA [bəˈhaʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,553 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for beharren, with forms such as "bbeharren", "beahrren", and "beharen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "beharrt", "beirren", "Behörden", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 beharren, spelled B-E-H-A-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1bezogen auf Meinung, Entschluss: etwas nicht aufgeben, hartnäckig an etwas festhalten, in etwas nicht nachgeben
- 2standhaft, fest in etwas bleiben
- 3unnachgiebig behaupten, an seiner Meinung festhaltend sagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beharren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bis zuletzt beharrte der Jurist [der griechische Staatspräsident Prokopis Pavlopoulos] damals auf seinem Standpunkt, griechisches Verfassungsrecht habe Vorrang vor EU-Recht. Mit dieser Ansicht traf er in Brüssel freilich auf wenig Verständnis.
Warum beharrt Fereshta Ludin so sehr auf ihrem Kopftuch? Drei Viertel der muslimischen Frauen in Deutschland tragen keins.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbeharren
- beahrren
- beharen
- beharern
- beharrenn
- beharrne
- behharren
- behraren
- bhearren
- ebharren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beharren - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beharren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).