bekommen

[bəˈkɔmən]

/[bəˈkɔmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“bekommen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #336. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#336
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas empfangen, etwas erhalten, etwas erlangen; in seinen Besitz übernehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bekommen · bekommen · German

bekommen · rank #336 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #336
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH unser

Nearest frequency peer: unser (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bekommen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „bekommen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bekommen vs bekommt
75% similar
bekommen vs bekommst
75% similar
bekommen vs benommen
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bekommen
PropertyValue
Headwordbekommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈkɔmən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#336
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bekommen“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bekommenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „unser“ (#335), „sonst“ (#334), „Euro“ (#338). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bekommen“ bei #336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bekommen (IPA [bəˈkɔmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #336 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bekommen, with forms such as "bbekommen", "bekkommen", and "bekmomen". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "bekommt", "bekommst", "benommen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bekommen, spelled B-E-K-O-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas empfangen, etwas erhalten, etwas erlangen; in seinen Besitz übernehmen
  2. 2
    sich einer Person oder Sache bemächtigen; eine bestimmte Person finden oder einen bestimmten Vorteil gewinnen
  3. 3
    in der Zukunft kriegen, in der Zukunft eintreffen
  4. 4
    Speisen, Getränke, körperliche Anwendungen vertragen; gut mit Konsequenzen des Handelns umgehen
  5. 5
    als Hilfsverb zur Passivbildung (bekommen von der Handlung oder dem Geschehnis betroffen sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bekommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wir bekommen Post.
  2. Ich bekomme den Lachs, mein Mann das Steak.

This word in other languages

get(English)recibir(Español)recevoir(Français)ter(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbekommen
  • bekkommen
  • bekmomen
  • bekomemn
  • bekomen
  • bekommenn
  • bekommne
  • beokmmen
  • bkeommen
  • ebkommen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bekommen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbekommen1bekkommen1bekmomen2bekomemn2bekomen1bekommenn1bekommne2beokmmen2
Edit distance from "bekommen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bekommen"?
"bekommen" is spelled B-E-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈkɔmən].
What does "bekommen" mean?
As a verb, "bekommen" means: etwas empfangen, etwas erhalten, etwas erlangen; in seinen Besitz übernehmen
What words are commonly confused with "bekommen"?
"bekommen" is commonly confused with "bekommt", "bekommst", "benommen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bekommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bekommen" is [bəˈkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bekommen" come from?
"bekommen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bekommen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arbeiten#348Beispiel#389zusammen#264erhalten#418

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gesehen10 variantsspielen10 variantsweniger10 variantsdarüber10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list