behaviour
[bɪˈheɪvjə(ɹ)]
The verdict
“behaviour” is uncommon German (frequency #80,132 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,132
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhaltensweise von Tieren, Maschinen oder Substanzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-behaviour · behaviour · German
behaviour · rank #80,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,132
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH behutsame
Nearest frequency peer: behutsame (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „behaviour“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „behaviour“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | behaviour |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɪˈheɪvjə(ɹ)] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „behaviour“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
behaviour is uncommon German at frequency #80,132 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɪˈheɪvjə(ɹ)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for behaviour in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is behaviour, spelled B-E-H-A-V-I-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Verhaltensweise von Tieren, Maschinen oder Substanzen
- 2soziales Benehmen eines Menschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how behaviour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
study the behaviour of the animal
The child shows bad behaviour.
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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