Bekannte

/[bəˈkantə]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,838

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Bekannte is aGermannoun. It means: eine weibliche Person, die jemand kennt und die ihn kennt, ohne dass beide befreundet sind Pronounced [bəˈkantə]. It ranks #1,838 in German word frequency. Often confused with benannt and brannte.

Key facts for Bekannte
PropertyValue
HeadwordBekannte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈkantə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,838
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bekannte is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈkantə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,838 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 Bekannte, with forms such as "bbekannte", "beaknnte", and "bekannet". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "benannt", "brannte", "bekennt", 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 Bekannte, spelled B-E-K-A-N-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine weibliche Person, die jemand kennt und die ihn kennt, ohne dass beide befreundet sind
  2. 2
    Partnerin in einer Liebesbeziehung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbekannte,beaknnte,bekannet,bekanntte,bekante,bekantne,bekkannte,beknante,bkeannte,ebkannte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bekannte

Misspelling Variants of "Bekannte"

bbekannte9beaknnte8bekannet8bekanntte9bekante7bekantne8bekkannte9beknante8
Misspelling Variants of "Bekannte"

Frequency rank: #1,838 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bekannte"?
"Bekannte" is spelled B-E-K-A-N-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈkantə].
What does "Bekannte" mean?
As a noun, "Bekannte" means: eine weibliche Person, die jemand kennt und die ihn kennt, ohne dass beide befreundet sind
What words are commonly confused with "Bekannte"?
"Bekannte" is commonly confused with "benannt", "brannte", "bekennt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bekannte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bekannte" is [bəˈkantə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bekannte" come from?
"Bekannte" 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.