Behring
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The verdict
“Behring” is uncommon German (frequency #68,049 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,049
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Corpus desk
Index DE-behring · Behring · German
Behring · rank #68,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,049
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH behandelst
Nearest frequency peer: behandelst (-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 „Behring“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bedauerliche
bedauerliche
31,956 corpus weight
- bedenklichen
bedenklichen
31,955 corpus weight
- behandelst
behandelst
31,953 corpus weight
- Behring
Behring
31,952 corpus weight
- Beifahrerse…
Beifahrerseite
31,951 corpus weight
- Bengalen
Bengalen
31,948 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Behring“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Behring |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Behring“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Behring is uncommon German at frequency #68,049 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname".
Behring has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Behring, spelled B-E-H-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Behring appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Behring ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
Herr Behring wollte uns kein Interview geben.
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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