berate

[bəˈʁaːtə]

/[bəˈʁaːtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“berate” is uncommon German (frequency #59,489 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,489
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-berate · berate · German

berate · rank #59,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,489
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bergrücken

Nearest frequency peer: Bergrücken (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „berate“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „berate“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for berate
PropertyValue
Headwordberate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʁaːtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#59,489
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „berate“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).beratefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bergrücken“ (#59,490), „belanglose“ (#59,487), „Bergwerks“ (#59,491). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „berate“ bei #59,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

berate is uncommon German at frequency #59,489 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈʁaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for berate, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is berate, spelled B-E-R-A-T-E.

Definition

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

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 "berate"?
"berate" is spelled B-E-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʁaːtə].
What does "berate" mean?
As a verb, "berate" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beraten
How do you pronounce "berate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berate" is [bəˈʁaːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berate" come from?
"berate" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

behebt#59,478Beagle#59,474autumn#59,465Autist#59,464

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list