beherrscht

/[bəˈhɛʁʃt]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,443

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

beherrscht is anGermanadj. It means: sich in der Gewalt haben, seine Gefühle / Emotionen unter Kontrolle haben, kontrolliert sein Pronounced [bəˈhɛʁʃt]. It ranks #7,443 in German word frequency. Often confused with beherrschte and beherrschten.

Key facts for beherrscht
PropertyValue
Headwordbeherrscht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bəˈhɛʁʃt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,443
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of beherrscht in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for beherrscht is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈhɛʁʃt]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,443 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich in der Gewalt haben, seine Gefühle / Emotionen unter Kontrolle haben, kontrolliert sein".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for beherrscht, with forms such as "bbeherrscht", "beehrrscht", and "beherrcsht". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "beherrschte", "beherrschten", "beherrsche", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is beherrscht, spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich in der Gewalt haben, seine Gefühle / Emotionen unter Kontrolle haben, kontrolliert sein

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeherrscht,beehrrscht,beherrcsht,beherrsccht,beherrschht,beherrschtt,beherrscth,beherrshct,beherrsscht,beherscht,behersrcht,behherrscht,behrerscht,bheerrscht,ebherrscht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beherrscht

Misspelling Variants of "beherrscht"

bbeherrscht11beehrrscht10beherrcsht10beherrsccht11beherrschht11beherrschtt11beherrscth10beherrshct10
Misspelling Variants of "beherrscht"

Frequency rank: #7,443 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beherrscht"?
"beherrscht" is spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhɛʁʃt].
What does "beherrscht" mean?
As an adj, "beherrscht" means: sich in der Gewalt haben, seine Gefühle / Emotionen unter Kontrolle haben, kontrolliert sein
What words are commonly confused with "beherrscht"?
"beherrscht" is commonly confused with "beherrschte", "beherrschten", "beherrsche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beherrscht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beherrscht" is [bəˈhɛʁʃt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beherrscht" come from?
"beherrscht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.