Beirat

/[ˈbaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,573

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

Beirat is aGermannoun. It means: Gremium, das dauerhaft besteht und nur beratende Funktion hat, meist in Behörden oder anderen Institutionen Pronounced [ˈbaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]. Often confused with Bert and berät.

Key facts for Beirat
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeirat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,573
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Beirat in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Beirat is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,573 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gremium, das dauerhaft besteht und nur beratende Funktion hat, meist in Behörden oder anderen Institutionen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Beirat, with forms such as "bbeirat", "beiart", and "beiratt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Bert", "berät", "birgt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Beirat, spelled B-E-I-R-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gremium, das dauerhaft besteht und nur beratende Funktion hat, meist in Behörden oder anderen Institutionen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeirat,beiart,beiratt,beirrat,beirta,beriat,bierat,ebirat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Beirat

Misspelling Variants of "Beirat"

bbeirat7beiart6beiratt7beirrat7beirta6beriat6bierat6ebirat6
Misspelling Variants of "Beirat"

Frequency rank: #15,573 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Beirat"?
"Beirat" is spelled B-E-I-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaɪ̯ˌʁaːt].
What does "Beirat" mean?
As a noun, "Beirat" means: Gremium, das dauerhaft besteht und nur beratende Funktion hat, meist in Behörden oder anderen Institutionen
What words are commonly confused with "Beirat"?
"Beirat" is commonly confused with "Bert", "berät", "birgt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Beirat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beirat" is [ˈbaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beirat" come from?
"Beirat" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.