behutsam
[bəˈhuːtzaːm]
The verdict
“behutsam” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,829. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,829
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sorgsam und vorsichtig
Corpus desk
Index DE-behutsam · behutsam · German
behutsam · rank #18,829 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #18,829
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH begehren
Nearest frequency peer: begehren (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „behutsam“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Befürchtung…
Befürchtungen
81,175 corpus weight
- Begabung
Begabung
81,174 corpus weight
- begehren
begehren
81,173 corpus weight
- behutsam
behutsam
81,172 corpus weight
- Beistand
Beistand
81,171 corpus weight
- beizubringen
beizubringen
81,170 corpus weight
What this shows „behutsam“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | behutsam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈhuːtzaːm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „behutsam“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around behutsam (IPA [bəˈhuːtzaːm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,829 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sorgsam und vorsichtig".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for behutsam, with forms such as "bbehutsam", "behhutsam", and "behtusam". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bedeutsam", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is behutsam, spelled B-E-H-U-T-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1sorgsam und vorsichtig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how behutsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Behutsam nahm sie das Buch zur Hand, um den wertvollen Umschlag zu schonen.
„Behutsam lenkte ich Herrn Jackopp nun auf die Tatsache, daß er doch gestern abend eine andere und rote Dame bei sich geführt und offenbar auch sehr lieb gehabt habe.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbehutsam
- behhutsam
- behtusam
- behustam
- behutasm
- behutsamm
- behutsma
- behutssam
- behuttsam
- beuhtsam
- bheutsam
- ebhutsam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of behutsam - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "behutsam", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).