bekamen

/[bəˈkaːmən]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,806

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

bekamen is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bekommen Pronounced [bəˈkaːmən]. It ranks #5,806 in German word frequency. Often confused with beraten and beladen.

Key facts for bekamen
PropertyValue
Headwordbekamen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈkaːmən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,806
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bekamen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈkaːmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,806 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for bekamen, with forms such as "bbekamen", "beakmen", and "bekaemn". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "beraten", "beladen", "besagen", 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 bekamen, spelled B-E-K-A-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bekommen
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bekommen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbekamen,beakmen,bekaemn,bekamenn,bekammen,bekamne,bekkamen,bekmaen,bkeamen,ebkamen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bekamen

Misspelling Variants of "bekamen"

bbekamen8beakmen7bekaemn7bekamenn8bekammen8bekamne7bekkamen8bekmaen7
Misspelling Variants of "bekamen"

Frequency rank: #5,806 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bekamen"?
"bekamen" is spelled B-E-K-A-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈkaːmən].
What does "bekamen" mean?
As a verb, "bekamen" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bekommen
What words are commonly confused with "bekamen"?
"bekamen" is commonly confused with "beraten", "beladen", "besagen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bekamen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bekamen" is [bəˈkaːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bekamen" come from?
"bekamen" 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.