bekanntem
[bəˈkantəm]
The verdict
“bekanntem” is uncommon German (frequency #59,484 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,484
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bekannt
Corpus desk
Index DE-bekanntem · bekanntem · German
bekanntem · rank #59,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,484
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH beizukommen
Nearest frequency peer: beizukommen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bekanntem”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Beigeordnet…
Beigeordneten
40,520 corpus weight
- Beitragszah…
Beitragszahler
40,519 corpus weight
- beizukommen
beizukommen
40,518 corpus weight
- bekanntem
bekanntem
40,517 corpus weight
- beklebt
beklebt
40,516 corpus weight
- belagerte
belagerte
40,515 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bekanntem” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bekanntem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈkantəm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bekanntem” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bekanntem is uncommon German at frequency #59,484 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈkantəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bekanntem in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bekanntem, spelled B-E-K-A-N-N-T-E-M.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bekannt
- 2Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bekannt
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bekanntem", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.