benachbart
[bəˈnaxbaːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“benachbart” is an uncommon German word, ranked #72,215 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #72,215
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in der Nähe, nebenan befindlich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | benachbart |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈnaxbaːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “benachbart” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for benachbart is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈnaxbaːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,215 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in der Nähe, nebenan befindlich".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for benachbart, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is benachbart, spelled B-E-N-A-C-H-B-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1in der Nähe, nebenan befindlich
This word in other languages
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 “benachbart”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-N-A-C-H-B-A-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈnaxbaːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.