behördlicher
[bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪçɐ]
The verdict
“behördlicher” is uncommon German (frequency #77,734 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,734
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-behordlicher · behördlicher · German
behördlicher · rank #77,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,734
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH befremdet
Nearest frequency peer: befremdet (-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 „behördlicher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bees
bees
22,270 corpus weight
- befremden
befremden
22,269 corpus weight
- befremdet
befremdet
22,268 corpus weight
- behördlicher
behördlicher
22,267 corpus weight
- Beigeordnete
Beigeordnete
22,266 corpus weight
- Beiname
Beiname
22,265 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „behördlicher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | behördlicher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪçɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #77,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „behördlicher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
behördlicher is uncommon German at frequency #77,734 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for behördlicher in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is behördlicher, spelled B-E-H-Ö-R-D-L-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).