belasten
[bəˈlastn̩]
The verdict
“belasten” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,155
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewirken, dass etwas eine störende oder schädliche Wirkung auf etwas hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-belasten · belasten · German
belasten · rank #9,155 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,155
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Beförderung
Nearest frequency peer: Beförderung (-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 “belasten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bann
Bann
90,849 corpus weight
- beat
beat
90,848 corpus weight
- Beförderung
Beförderung
90,847 corpus weight
- belasten
belasten
90,846 corpus weight
- bemerkbar
bemerkbar
90,845 corpus weight
- Berechnungen
Berechnungen
90,844 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “belasten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | belasten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈlastn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “belasten” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around belasten (IPA [bəˈlastn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,155 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for belasten, with forms such as "bbelasten", "bealsten", and "belasetn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "besten", "blasen", "beraten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is belasten, spelled B-E-L-A-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1bewirken, dass etwas eine störende oder schädliche Wirkung auf etwas hat
- 2jemandem Schuld zuschreiben
- 3jemandem oder etwas eine Last durch finanzielle Mittel auferlegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how belasten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deutschlands Verhältnis zu England, das seine Weltmachtsstellung auf See in Gefahr sah, war ohnehin durch den forcierten Ausbau der deutschen Kriegsflotte belastet.
„Langfristig belasten werden die Stadt vor allem aber die hohen Reinigungskosten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbelasten
- bealsten
- belasetn
- belassten
- belastenn
- belastne
- belastten
- belatsen
- bellasten
- belsaten
- bleasten
- eblasten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of belasten - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "belasten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "belasten". Here's where to go from here.
- "belasten" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "besten". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,155 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.