Beichte
[ˈbaɪ̯çtə]
The verdict
“Beichte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,271
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sündenbekenntnis (und anschließende Sündenvergebung)
Corpus desk
Index DE-beichte · Beichte · German
Beichte · rank #22,271 · 10 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,271
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH begehrte
Nearest frequency peer: begehrte (-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 „Beichte“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- bee
bee
77,733 corpus weight
- befriedigend
befriedigend
77,732 corpus weight
- begehrte
begehrte
77,731 corpus weight
- Beichte
Beichte
77,730 corpus weight
- bemessen
bemessen
77,729 corpus weight
- bemängelt
bemängelt
77,728 corpus weight
What this shows „Beichte“ 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 | Beichte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaɪ̯çtə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Beichte“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Beichte (IPA [ˈbaɪ̯çtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,271 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Beichte, with forms such as "bbeichte", "becihte", and "beicchte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "bricht", "Bericht", "brachte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Beichte, spelled B-E-I-C-H-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sündenbekenntnis (und anschließende Sündenvergebung)
- 2Schuldbekenntnis
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Beichte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie sah jetzt aus wie eine alte Frau, ihr Haar wurde ganz grau, und sie ward fromm und ging jeden Sonntag zur Beichte.
Die Beichte hat zwei Wesens Bestandteile: das Sündenbekenntnis des Mensche und - das wichtigste an ihr - die Absolution durch Gott.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbeichte
- becihte
- beicchte
- beichet
- beichhte
- beichtte
- beicthe
- beihcte
- biechte
- ebichte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Beichte - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Beichte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).