Beratung

/[bəˈʁaːtʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,505

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Beratung is aGermannoun. It means: Auskunft einer Person oder Organisation für eine andere Person oder Organisation zu einem bestimmten Thema mit dem Ziel, einen Rat zu erteilen Pronounced [bəˈʁaːtʊŋ]. It ranks #3,505 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bergung and Berufung.

Key facts for Beratung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeratung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈʁaːtʊŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,505
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Beratung is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʁaːtʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,505 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Beratung, with forms such as "bberatung", "beartung", and "beratnug". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Bergung", "Berufung", "Besatzung", 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 Beratung, spelled B-E-R-A-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
    Auskunft einer Person oder Organisation für eine andere Person oder Organisation zu einem bestimmten Thema mit dem Ziel, einen Rat zu erteilen
  2. 2
    Zusammenkunft von Leuten, um Informationen zu einem Thema auszutauschen und dadurch zu Entscheidungen zu kommen
  3. 3
    Einrichtung/Stelle, bei der man sich zu einem bestimmten Thema Rat holen kann, Unterstützung erhält

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bberatung,beartung,beratnug,berattung,beratugn,beratungg,beratunng,berautng,berratung,bertaung,breatung,ebratung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Beratung

Misspelling Variants of "Beratung"

bberatung9beartung8beratnug8berattung9beratugn8beratungg9beratunng9berautng8
Misspelling Variants of "Beratung"

Frequency rank: #3,505 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Beratung"?
"Beratung" is spelled B-E-R-A-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʁaːtʊŋ].
What does "Beratung" mean?
As a noun, "Beratung" means: Auskunft einer Person oder Organisation für eine andere Person oder Organisation zu einem bestimmten Thema mit dem Ziel, einen Rat zu erteilen
What words are commonly confused with "Beratung"?
"Beratung" is commonly confused with "Bergung", "Berufung", "Besatzung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Beratung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beratung" is [bəˈʁaːtʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beratung" come from?
"Beratung" 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.