behutsame

[bəˈhuːtzaːmə]

/[bəˈhuːtzaːmə]/ adj

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The verdict

“behutsame” is uncommon German (frequency #80,133 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,133
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam

Corpus desk

Index DE-behutsame · behutsame · German

behutsame · rank #80,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,133
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH behaviour

Nearest frequency peer: behaviour (-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 „behutsame“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for behutsame
PropertyValue
Headwordbehutsame
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈhuːtzaːmə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,133
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „behutsame“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „behaviour“ (#80,132), „behüten“ (#80,134), „beiliegenden“ (#80,135). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „behutsame“ bei #80,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

behutsame is uncommon German at frequency #80,133 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈhuːtzaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for behutsame, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is behutsame, spelled B-E-H-U-T-S-A-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam

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 "behutsame"?
"behutsame" is spelled B-E-H-U-T-S-A-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈhuːtzaːmə].
What does "behutsame" mean?
As an adjective, "behutsame" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs behutsam
How do you pronounce "behutsame"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "behutsame" is [bəˈhuːtzaːmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "behutsame" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

behaviour#80,132befähigte#80,130bemannten#80,137bedankten#80,127

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list