behördlicher

[bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪçɐ]

/[bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪçɐ]/ adj

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „behördlicher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for behördlicher
PropertyValue
Headwordbehördlicher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪçɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#77,734
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „behördlicher“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).behördlicherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „befremdet“ (#77,733), „Beigeordnete“ (#77,735), „befremden“ (#77,732). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „behördlicher“ bei #77,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "behördlicher"?
"behördlicher" is spelled B-E-H-Ö-R-D-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪçɐ].
What does "behördlicher" mean?
As an adjective, "behördlicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behördlich
How do you pronounce "behördlicher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "behördlicher" is [bəˈhøːɐ̯tlɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "behördlicher" come from?
"behördlicher" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list