benommen

Name: benommen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[bəˈnɔmən]

/[bəˈnɔmən]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“benommen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,274
frequency rank, German: 5,818
“B” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - physisch und psychisch eingeschränkt/gedämpft

Corpus desk

Index DE-benommen · benommen · German

benommen · rank #22,274 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #22,274
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,818
PHOTO-FINISH bemängelt

Nearest frequency peer: bemängelt (-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.

Beichte

77,730
bemessen

77,729
bemängelt

77,728
benommen

77,727
Benziner

77,726
Berühmtheit

77,725

What this shows „benommen“ 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).

benommen vs bekomme

75% similar

benommen vs bekommen

88% similar

benommen vs benehmen

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for benommen
Property	Value
Headword	benommen
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[bəˈnɔmən]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#22,274
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „benommen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).benommenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#22,274

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bemängelt“ (#22,273), „Benziner“ (#22,275), „bemessen“ (#22,272). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „benommen“ bei #22,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around benommen (IPA [bəˈnɔmən]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,274 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "physisch und psychisch eingeschränkt/gedämpft".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for benommen, with forms such as "bbenommen", "benmomen", and "bennommen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bekomme", "bekommen", "benehmen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is benommen, spelled B-E-N-O-M-M-E-N.

Definition

1
physisch und psychisch eingeschränkt/gedämpft

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how benommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Nach diesem Sturz war er eine ganze Weile recht benommen.

Synonyms

beduseltduselig

This word in other languages

numb(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbenommen
benmomen
bennommen
benomemn
benomen
benommenn
benommne
beonmmen
bneommen
ebnommen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of benommen - 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.

Edit distance from "benommen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "benommen"?

"benommen" is spelled B-E-N-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈnɔmən].

What does "benommen" mean?

As an adjective, "benommen" means: physisch und psychisch eingeschränkt/gedämpft

What words are commonly confused with "benommen"?

"benommen" is commonly confused with "bekomme", "bekommen", "benehmen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "benommen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "benommen" is [bəˈnɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "benommen" come from?

"benommen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "benommen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Benziner#22,275 bemessen#22,272 begehrte#22,270 Bochumer#22,283

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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