bekomme

/[bəˈkɔmə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,233

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

bekomme is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bekommen Pronounced [bəˈkɔmə]. It ranks #2,233 in German word frequency. Often confused with bekommt and bekommen.

Key facts for bekomme
PropertyValue
Headwordbekomme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈkɔmə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,233
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bekomme is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈkɔmə]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,233 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for bekomme, with forms such as "bbekomme", "bekkomme", and "bekmome". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "bekommt", "bekommen", "bekommst", 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 bekomme, spelled B-E-K-O-M-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bekommen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bekommen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bekommen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bekommen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbekomme,bekkomme,bekmome,bekome,bekomem,beokmme,bkeomme,ebkomme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bekomme

Misspelling Variants of "bekomme"

bbekomme8bekkomme8bekmome7bekome6bekomem7beokmme7bkeomme7ebkomme7
Misspelling Variants of "bekomme"

Frequency rank: #2,233 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bekomme"?
"bekomme" is spelled B-E-K-O-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈkɔmə].
What does "bekomme" mean?
As a verb, "bekomme" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bekommen
What words are commonly confused with "bekomme"?
"bekomme" is commonly confused with "bekommt", "bekommen", "bekommst". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bekomme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bekomme" is [bəˈkɔmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bekomme" come from?
"bekomme" 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.