bekamen

[bəˈkaːmən]

/[bəˈkaːmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“bekamen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,806
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bekommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bekamen · bekamen · German

bekamen · rank #5,806 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,806
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH betrunken

Nearest frequency peer: betrunken (+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 „bekamen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „bekamen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bekamen vs beraten
71% similar
bekamen vs beladen
71% similar
bekamen vs besagen
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bekamen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bekamenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „betrunken“ (#5,807), „begannen“ (#5,804), „Bezahlung“ (#5,808). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bekamen“ bei #5,806. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bekamen (IPA [bəˈkaːmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,806 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 bekamen, with forms such as "bbekamen", "beakmen", and "bekaemn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "beraten", "beladen", "besagen", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bekamen, spelled B-E-K-A-M-E-N.

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bekamen - 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.

bbekamen1beakmen2bekaemn2bekamenn1bekammen1bekamne2bekkamen1bekmaen2
Edit distance from "bekamen"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

befasst#5,803bildete#5,809abholen#5,792Gattung#5,835

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

begannen10 variantsGewerbe10 variantsStrauss10 variantsSiemens10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list