Beobachtung

/[bəˈʔoːbaxtʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,043

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Beobachtung is aGermannoun. It means: gezielte, bewusste Untersuchung, Wahrnehmung von etwas Pronounced [bəˈʔoːbaxtʊŋ]. It ranks #6,043 in German word frequency. Often confused with Betrachtung and Beobachtungen.

Key facts for Beobachtung
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HeadwordBeobachtung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈʔoːbaxtʊŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,043
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Beobachtung is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʔoːbaxtʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,043 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for Beobachtung, with forms such as "bbeobachtung", "beboachtung", and "beoabchtung". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Betrachtung", "Beobachtungen", "Beachtung", 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 Beobachtung, spelled B-E-O-B-A-C-H-T-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gezielte, bewusste Untersuchung, Wahrnehmung von etwas
  2. 2
    Ergebnis von [1]; das, was beobachtet wurde
  3. 3
    Befolgung (zum Beispiel von Vorschriften)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeobachtung,beboachtung,beoabchtung,beobacchtung,beobachhtung,beobachtnug,beobachttung,beobachtugn,beobachtungg,beobachtunng,beobachutng,beobacthung,beobahctung,beobbachtung,beobcahtung,boebachtung,ebobachtung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Beobachtung

Misspelling Variants of "Beobachtung"

bbeobachtung12beboachtung11beoabchtung11beobacchtung12beobachhtung12beobachtnug11beobachttung12beobachtugn11
Misspelling Variants of "Beobachtung"

Frequency rank: #6,043 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Beobachtung"?
"Beobachtung" is spelled B-E-O-B-A-C-H-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʔoːbaxtʊŋ].
What does "Beobachtung" mean?
As a noun, "Beobachtung" means: gezielte, bewusste Untersuchung, Wahrnehmung von etwas
What words are commonly confused with "Beobachtung"?
"Beobachtung" is commonly confused with "Betrachtung", "Beobachtungen", "Beachtung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Beobachtung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beobachtung" is [bəˈʔoːbaxtʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beobachtung" come from?
"Beobachtung" 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.