Behörde
[bəˈhøːɐ̯də]
The verdict
“Behörde” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,798. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,798
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Institution, die Aufgaben der öffentlichen Verwaltung wahrnimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-behorde · Behörde · German
Behörde · rank #3,798 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,798
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Befehl
Nearest frequency peer: Befehl (-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 “Behörde”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- aufgehoben
aufgehoben
96,206 corpus weight
- Ausländer
Ausländer
96,205 corpus weight
- Befehl
Befehl
96,204 corpus weight
- Behörde
Behörde
96,203 corpus weight
- Bein
Bein
96,202 corpus weight
- Berater
Berater
96,201 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Behörde” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Behörde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈhøːɐ̯də] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Behörde” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Behörde (IPA [bəˈhøːɐ̯də]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,798 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Institution, die Aufgaben der öffentlichen Verwaltung wahrnimmt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Behörde, with forms such as "bbehörde", "behhörde", and "behröde". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "besorge", "Behörden", "before", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Behörde, spelled B-E-H-Ö-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Institution, die Aufgaben der öffentlichen Verwaltung wahrnimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Behörde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ausschließlich die zuständige Behörde kann solche Maßnahmen ergreifen.
„Manchen Anwälten entziehen die Behörden die Lizenz, wenn man glaubt, dass es mit den Veränderungen reicht.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbehörde
- behhörde
- behröde
- behödre
- behördde
- behöred
- behörrde
- beöhrde
- bheörde
- ebhörde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Behörde - 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.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Behörde", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Behörde" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "besorge". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,798 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.