beitragen

/[ˈbaɪ̯ˌtʁaːɡn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,769

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

beitragen is aGermanverb. It means: einen Anteil zur Verwirklichung von etwas leisten Pronounced [ˈbaɪ̯ˌtʁaːɡn̩]. It ranks #4,769 in German word frequency. Often confused with betrage and betragen.

Key facts for beitragen
PropertyValue
Headwordbeitragen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbaɪ̯ˌtʁaːɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,769
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for beitragen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaɪ̯ˌtʁaːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,769 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for beitragen, with forms such as "bbeitragen", "beirtagen", and "beitargen". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "betrage", "betragen", "betrogen", 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 beitragen, spelled B-E-I-T-R-A-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Anteil zur Verwirklichung von etwas leisten
  2. 2
    etwas Bestimmtes geben, um ein Ziel zu erreichen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeitragen,beirtagen,beitargen,beitraegn,beitragenn,beitraggen,beitragne,beitrgaen,beitrragen,beittragen,betiragen,bietragen,ebitragen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beitragen

Misspelling Variants of "beitragen"

bbeitragen10beirtagen9beitargen9beitraegn9beitragenn10beitraggen10beitragne9beitrgaen9
Misspelling Variants of "beitragen"

Frequency rank: #4,769 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beitragen"?
"beitragen" is spelled B-E-I-T-R-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaɪ̯ˌtʁaːɡn̩].
What does "beitragen" mean?
As a verb, "beitragen" means: einen Anteil zur Verwirklichung von etwas leisten
What words are commonly confused with "beitragen"?
"beitragen" is commonly confused with "betrage", "betragen", "betrogen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beitragen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beitragen" is [ˈbaɪ̯ˌtʁaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beitragen" come from?
"beitragen" 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.