Bekannter

/[bəˈkantɐ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,961

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Bekannter is aGermannoun. It means: Person männlichen oder unbestimmten Geschlechts, die jemand kennt und die ihn kennt, ohne dass beide befreundet sind Pronounced [bəˈkantɐ]. It ranks #4,961 in German word frequency. Often confused with benannte and bekanntes.

Key facts for Bekannter
PropertyValue
HeadwordBekannter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈkantɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,961
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bekannter is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈkantɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,961 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bekannter, with forms such as "bbekannter", "beaknnter", and "bekannetr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "benannte", "bekanntes", "benannten", 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 Bekannter, spelled B-E-K-A-N-N-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person männlichen oder unbestimmten Geschlechts, die jemand kennt und die ihn kennt, ohne dass beide befreundet sind
  2. 2
    Partner in einer Liebesbeziehung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbekannter,beaknnter,bekannetr,bekannterr,bekanntre,bekanntter,bekanter,bekantner,bekkannter,beknanter,bkeannter,ebkannter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bekannter

Misspelling Variants of "Bekannter"

bbekannter10beaknnter9bekannetr9bekannterr10bekanntre9bekanntter10bekanter8bekantner9
Misspelling Variants of "Bekannter"

Frequency rank: #4,961 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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