beleidigen
[bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“beleidigen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,517 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,517
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden in seiner Ehre oder Würde durch Worte oder Taten verletzen
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 | beleidigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beleidigen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for beleidigen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,517 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for beleidigen, with forms such as "bbeleidigen", "beelidigen", and "belediigen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "beleidigt", "beteiligen", "beseitigen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is beleidigen, spelled B-E-L-E-I-D-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden in seiner Ehre oder Würde durch Worte oder Taten verletzen
- 2den Tatbestand der Beleidigung^([3]) verwirklichen
- 3auf etwas (insbesondere Sinnesorgane) dadurch einwirken, dass sie als negativ zu klassifizierenden Eindrücken ausgesetzt werden
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbeleidigen,beelidigen,belediigen,beleiddigen,beleidgien,beleidiegn,beleidigenn,beleidiggen,beleidigne,beleiidgen,beliedigen,belleidigen,bleeidigen,ebleidigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beleidigen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “beleidigen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-L-E-I-D-I-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “beleidigt” - see the side-by-side comparison. beleidigen vs beleidigt
- 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.