beherrschte

Name: beherrschte, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[bəˈhɛʁʃtə]

/[bəˈhɛʁʃtə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“beherrschte” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,520
frequency rank, German: 5,818
“B” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht

Corpus desk

Index DE-beherrschte · beherrschte · German

beherrschte · rank #20,520 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #20,520
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,818
PHOTO-FINISH beachtliche

Nearest frequency peer: beachtliche (-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.

bankrott

79,484
beachtliche

79,482
beherrschte

79,481
beige

79,480
bekäme

79,479
beleben

79,478

What this shows „beherrschte“ 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).

beherrschte vs beherrschten

92% similar

beherrschte vs beherrscht

91% similar

beherrschte vs beherrsche

91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for beherrschte
Property	Value
Headword	beherrschte
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[bəˈhɛʁʃtə]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#20,520
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „beherrschte“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).beherrschteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#20,520

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „beachtliche“ (#20,519), „beige“ (#20,521), „bekäme“ (#20,522). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beherrschte“ bei #20,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around beherrschte (IPA [bəˈhɛʁʃtə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,520 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for beherrschte, with forms such as "bbeherrschte", "beehrrschte", and "beherrcshte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "beherrschten", "beherrscht", "beherrsche", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is beherrschte, spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-T-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbeherrschte
beehrrschte
beherrcshte
beherrscchte
beherrschet
beherrschhte
beherrschtte
beherrscthe
beherrshcte
beherrsschte
beherschte
behersrchte
behherrschte
behrerschte
bheerrschte
ebherrschte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beherrschte - 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.

Edit distance from "beherrschte"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beherrschte"?

"beherrschte" is spelled B-E-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhɛʁʃtə].

What does "beherrschte" mean?

As an adjective, "beherrschte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs beherrscht

What words are commonly confused with "beherrschte"?

"beherrschte" is commonly confused with "beherrschten", "beherrscht", "beherrsche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "beherrschte"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beherrschte" is [bəˈhɛʁʃtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "beherrschte" come from?

"beherrschte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beherrschte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beachtliche#20,519 auszumachen#20,513 aufbewahren#20,506 angeführten#20,493

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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