behördlich
[bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪç]
The verdict
“behördlich” is uncommon German (frequency #54,366 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,366
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einer staatlichen oder offiziellen Stelle (einer Behörde) ausgehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-behordlich · behördlich · German
behördlich · rank #54,366 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,366
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beförderten
Nearest frequency peer: beförderten (-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 „behördlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Beduinen
Beduinen
45,639 corpus weight
- beeilt
beeilt
45,638 corpus weight
- Befreier
Befreier
45,637 corpus weight
- beförderten
beförderten
45,636 corpus weight
- behördlich
behördlich
45,635 corpus weight
- beigemessen
beigemessen
45,634 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „behördlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | behördlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „behördlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
behördlich is uncommon German at frequency #54,366 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von einer staatlichen oder offiziellen Stelle (einer Behörde) ausgehend".
No misspelling variants are generated for behördlich in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is behördlich, spelled B-E-H-Ö-R-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1von einer staatlichen oder offiziellen Stelle (einer Behörde) ausgehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how behördlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alle Bewohner müssen heute auf behördliche Anordnung ihre Häuser verlassen bis die Bombe aus dem 2. Weltkrieg entschärft ist.
Die Bürger sind als Empfänger behördlicher Schreiben oft überfordert.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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