bekloppt
[bəˈklɔpt]
The verdict
“bekloppt” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #21,545 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #21,545
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dumm, töricht
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bekloppt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈklɔpt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bekloppt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bekloppt is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈklɔpt]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,545 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "dumm, töricht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bekloppt, with forms such as "bbekloppt", "bekkloppt", and "beklloppt". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bekloppte", "bekloppten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 bekloppt, spelled B-E-K-L-O-P-P-T.
Definition
- 1dumm, töricht
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbekloppt,bekkloppt,beklloppt,beklopptt,beklopt,bekloptp,beklpopt,bekolppt,belkoppt,bkeloppt,ebkloppt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bekloppt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “bekloppt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-K-L-O-P-P-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈklɔpt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bekloppte” - see the side-by-side comparison. bekloppt vs bekloppte
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.