beleidigen
[bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“beleidigen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,517
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden in seiner Ehre oder Würde durch Worte oder Taten verletzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-beleidigen · beleidigen · German
beleidigen · rank #8,517 · 14 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,517
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bekanntesten
Nearest frequency peer: bekanntesten (-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 “beleidigen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Banner
Banner
91,487 corpus weight
- Beifall
Beifall
91,486 corpus weight
- bekanntesten
bekanntesten
91,485 corpus weight
- beleidigen
beleidigen
91,484 corpus weight
- Benedikt
Benedikt
91,483 corpus weight
- beschränken
beschränken
91,482 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “beleidigen” 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 | 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) |
Wo “beleidigen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around beleidigen (IPA [bəˈlaɪ̯dɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,517 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beleidigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es gibt keinen Grund, mich zu beleidigen.
„Der Stolz und die Härte des Abtes beleidigte sie, sie aßen und tranken nicht, und warfen sich unwillig in Kleidern auf die schlechten Lagerstätten.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beleidigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "beleidigen". Here's where to go from here.
- "beleidigen" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "beleidigt". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,517 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.