beleidigen

/[bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,517

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

beleidigen is aGermanverb. It means: jemanden in seiner Ehre oder Würde durch Worte oder Taten verletzen Pronounced [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩]. It ranks #8,517 in German word frequency. Often confused with beleidigt and beteiligen.

Key facts for beleidigen
PropertyValue
Headwordbeleidigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,517
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for beleidigen is 10 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for beleidigen, with forms such as "bbeleidigen", "beelidigen", and "belediigen". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "beleidigt", "beteiligen", "beseitigen", 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 beleidigen, spelled B-E-L-E-I-D-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden in seiner Ehre oder Würde durch Worte oder Taten verletzen
  2. 2
    den Tatbestand der Beleidigung^([3]) verwirklichen
  3. 3
    auf etwas (insbesondere Sinnesorgane) dadurch einwirken, dass sie als negativ zu klassifizierenden Eindrücken ausgesetzt werden

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeleidigen,beelidigen,belediigen,beleiddigen,beleidgien,beleidiegn,beleidigenn,beleidiggen,beleidigne,beleiidgen,beliedigen,belleidigen,bleeidigen,ebleidigen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beleidigen

Misspelling Variants of "beleidigen"

bbeleidigen11beelidigen10belediigen10beleiddigen11beleidgien10beleidiegn10beleidigenn11beleidiggen11
Misspelling Variants of "beleidigen"

Frequency rank: #8,517 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beleidigen"?
"beleidigen" is spelled B-E-L-E-I-D-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩].
What does "beleidigen" mean?
As a verb, "beleidigen" means: jemanden in seiner Ehre oder Würde durch Worte oder Taten verletzen
What words are commonly confused with "beleidigen"?
"beleidigen" is commonly confused with "beleidigt", "beteiligen", "beseitigen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beleidigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beleidigen" is [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beleidigen" come from?
"beleidigen" 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.