belohnen

/[bəˈloːnən]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,833

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

belohnen is aGermanverb. It means: jemandem für eine gute Handlung etwas geben, das er haben möchte Pronounced [bəˈloːnən]. Often confused with Bohnen and betonen.

Key facts for belohnen
PropertyValue
Headwordbelohnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈloːnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,833
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for belohnen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈloːnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,833 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemandem für eine gute Handlung etwas geben, das er haben möchte".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for belohnen, with forms such as "bbelohnen", "belhonen", and "bellohnen". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Bohnen", "betonen", "belohnt", 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 belohnen, spelled B-E-L-O-H-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem für eine gute Handlung etwas geben, das er haben möchte

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbelohnen,belhonen,bellohnen,belohenn,belohhnen,belohnenn,belohnne,belohnnen,belonhen,beolhnen,bleohnen,eblohnen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for belohnen

Misspelling Variants of "belohnen"

bbelohnen9belhonen8bellohnen9belohenn8belohhnen9belohnenn9belohnne8belohnnen9
Misspelling Variants of "belohnen"

Frequency rank: #18,833 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "belohnen"?
"belohnen" is spelled B-E-L-O-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈloːnən].
What does "belohnen" mean?
As a verb, "belohnen" means: jemandem für eine gute Handlung etwas geben, das er haben möchte
What words are commonly confused with "belohnen"?
"belohnen" is commonly confused with "Bohnen", "betonen", "belohnt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "belohnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "belohnen" is [bəˈloːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "belohnen" come from?
"belohnen" 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.