bekanntestes
[bəˈkantəstəs]
The verdict
“bekanntestes” is uncommon German (frequency #73,300 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,300
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs bekannt
Corpus desk
Index DE-bekanntestes · bekanntestes · German
bekanntestes · rank #73,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,300
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH Beihefte
Nearest frequency peer: Beihefte (-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 “bekanntestes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- beibrachte
beibrachte
26,703 corpus weight
- Beihefte
Beihefte
26,702 corpus weight
- bekanntestes
bekanntestes
26,701 corpus weight
- belauschen
belauschen
26,700 corpus weight
- benannter
benannter
26,699 corpus weight
- berittene
berittene
26,697 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bekanntestes” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bekanntestes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈkantəstəs] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #73,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bekanntestes” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bekanntestes is uncommon German at frequency #73,300 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈkantəstəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
bekanntestes has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is bekanntestes, spelled B-E-K-A-N-N-T-E-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs bekannt
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs bekannt
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs bekannt
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 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.