benutze

[bəˈnʊt͡sə]

/[bəˈnʊt͡sə]/ verb

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The verdict

“benutze” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,897. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,897
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs benutzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-benutze · benutze · German

benutze · rank #6,897 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,897
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bedingung

Nearest frequency peer: Bedingung (-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 „benutze“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „benutze“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

benutze vs Beute
57% similar
benutze vs benutzt
86% similar
benutze vs besitze
71% similar

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

Key facts for benutze
PropertyValue
Headwordbenutze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈnʊt͡sə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,897
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „benutze“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bedingung“ (#6,896), „berufliche“ (#6,898), „Bakterien“ (#6,895). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „benutze“ bei #6,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around benutze (IPA [bəˈnʊt͡sə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,897 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for benutze, with forms such as "bbenutze", "bennutze", and "bentuze". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Beute", "benutzt", "besitze", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is benutze, spelled B-E-N-U-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs benutzen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs benutzen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs benutzen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs benutzen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbenutze
  • bennutze
  • bentuze
  • benutez
  • benuttze
  • benutzze
  • benuzte
  • beuntze
  • bneutze
  • ebnutze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of benutze - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbenutze1bennutze1bentuze2benutez2benuttze1benutzze1benuzte2beuntze2
Edit distance from "benutze"

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 "benutze"?
"benutze" is spelled B-E-N-U-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈnʊt͡sə].
What does "benutze" mean?
As a verb, "benutze" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs benutzen
What words are commonly confused with "benutze"?
"benutze" is commonly confused with "Beute", "benutzt", "besitze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "benutze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "benutze" is [bəˈnʊt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "benutze" come from?
"benutze" 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 "benutze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list