behüte
[bəˈhyːtə]
The verdict
“behüte” is uncommon German (frequency #71,137 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,137
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behüten
Corpus desk
Index DE-behute · behüte · German
behüte · rank #71,137 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,137
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH behelfen
Nearest frequency peer: behelfen (-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 “behüte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bedrohter
bedrohter
28,867 corpus weight
- behelfen
behelfen
28,865 corpus weight
- behüte
behüte
28,864 corpus weight
- beidseitige
beidseitige
28,863 corpus weight
- Beigabe
Beigabe
28,862 corpus weight
- beigefügte
beigefügte
28,861 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “behüte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | behüte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈhyːtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “behüte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
behüte is uncommon German at frequency #71,137 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈhyːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for behüte, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is behüte, spelled B-E-H-Ü-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behüten
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behüten
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behüten
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs behüten
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "behüte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.