beliebt
[bəˈliːpt]
The verdict
“beliebt” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,504 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,504
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gern gesehen, sehr geschätzt
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 | beliebt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈliːpt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beliebt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for beliebt is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈliːpt]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,504 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gern gesehen, sehr geschätzt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for beliebt, with forms such as "bbeliebt", "beilebt", and "beleibt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "blieb", "bliebe", "belief", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is beliebt, spelled B-E-L-I-E-B-T.
Definition
- 1gern gesehen, sehr geschätzt
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbeliebt,beilebt,beleibt,belibet,beliebbt,beliebtt,belietb,belliebt,bleiebt,ebliebt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beliebt - 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 “beliebt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-L-I-E-B-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈliːpt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “blieb” - see the side-by-side comparison. beliebt vs blieb
- 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.