Bergheim
[ˈbɛʁkˌhaɪ̯m]
The verdict
“Bergheim” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #28,092 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #28,092
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bergheim |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛʁkˌhaɪ̯m] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bergheim” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bergheim is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɛʁkˌhaɪ̯m]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,092 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bergheim, with forms such as "bbergheim", "begrheim", and "bergehim". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Bornheim", "Bensheim", "Bentheim", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bergheim, spelled B-E-R-G-H-E-I-M.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbergheim,begrheim,bergehim,berggheim,bergheimm,berghemi,berghheim,berghiem,berhgeim,berrgheim,bregheim,ebrgheim
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bergheim - 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.
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.
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Using “Bergheim”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-R-G-H-E-I-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbɛʁkˌhaɪ̯m] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Bornheim” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bergheim vs Bornheim
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.