bemalen
[bəˈmaːlən]
The verdict
“bemalen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,066
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Malereien verzieren, dekorieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-bemalen · bemalen · German
bemalen · rank #41,066 · 10 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,066
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bells
Nearest frequency peer: bells (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bemalen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- bekleiden
bekleiden
58,938 corpus weight
- Belfast
Belfast
58,937 corpus weight
- bells
bells
58,936 corpus weight
- bemalen
bemalen
58,935 corpus weight
- bereitstellt
bereitstellt
58,934 corpus weight
- berichtigen
berichtigen
58,933 corpus weight
What this shows „bemalen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | bemalen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈmaːlən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bemalen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around bemalen (IPA [bəˈmaːlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,066 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bemalen, with forms such as "bbemalen", "beamlen", and "bemaeln". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "bemalt", "beulen", "beraten", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is bemalen, spelled B-E-M-A-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Malereien verzieren, dekorieren
- 2Farbe mit einem Pinsel aufbringen, vollflächig mit Farbe versehen
- 3(zu viel) Schminke auftragen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bemalen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Porzellanschale wurde von Hand bemalt.
„Es war mal ein Eierbecher,
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbemalen
- beamlen
- bemaeln
- bemalenn
- bemallen
- bemalne
- bemlaen
- bemmalen
- bmealen
- ebmalen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bemalen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "bemalen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).