Beretta

[beˈʁɛta]

/[beˈʁɛta]/ noun

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The verdict

“Beretta” is uncommon German (frequency #90,024 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,024
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine von der Firma Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta hergestellte Handfeuerwaffe

Corpus desk

Index DE-beretta · Beretta · German

Beretta · rank #90,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,024
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH berechtigterw…

Nearest frequency peer: berechtigterweise (-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 „Beretta“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Beretta
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeretta
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[beˈʁɛta]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Beretta“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „berechtigterweise“ (#90,023), „Bergungsarbeiten“ (#90,025), „beobachtest“ (#90,022). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Beretta“ bei #90,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Beretta is uncommon German at frequency #90,024 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [beˈʁɛta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine von der Firma Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta hergestellte Handfeuerwaffe".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Beretta, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Beretta, spelled B-E-R-E-T-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine von der Firma Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta hergestellte Handfeuerwaffe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Projektile, die Kyle getötet und LaDonna getroffen haben, stammten aus derselben Waffe, nämlich der Glock, die Foyle bei sich hatte. Aber die Kugeln, die das Team der Polizei heute aus der Wand und dem Baum bei Ihrem Wohnmobil geholt hat, kamen vermutlich aus einer Beretta.“
  2. „Nach einigen Minuten stellte er sich den Wecker an der Uhr, knipste die Nachttischlampe aus, schielte ein letztes Mal auf die geladene und gesicherte Beretta, schloss die Augen und gab sich dem Schlaf hin.“

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 "Beretta"?
"Beretta" is spelled B-E-R-E-T-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [beˈʁɛta].
What does "Beretta" mean?
As a noun, "Beretta" means: eine von der Firma Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta hergestellte Handfeuerwaffe
How do you pronounce "Beretta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beretta" is [beˈʁɛta]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beretta" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

belaste#90,018bespiel#90,036begleit#90,007bedrohe#90,004

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list