Berichterstattung
[bəˈʁɪçtʔɛɐ̯ˌʃtatʊŋ]
The verdict
“Berichterstattung” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,064 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,064
- frequency rank, German
- 17
- letters
- 26
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Information einer bestimmten Gruppe oder der Allgemeinheit über einen bestimmten Sachverhalt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Berichterstattung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʁɪçtʔɛɐ̯ˌʃtatʊŋ] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #5,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 26 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Berichterstattung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Berichterstattung is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʁɪçtʔɛɐ̯ˌʃtatʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,064 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Information einer bestimmten Gruppe oder der Allgemeinheit über einen bestimmten Sachverhalt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 26 likely wrong-spelling variants for Berichterstattung, with forms such as "bberichterstattung", "beirchterstattung", and "bercihterstattung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Berichterstattung, spelled B-E-R-I-C-H-T-E-R-S-T-A-T-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Information einer bestimmten Gruppe oder der Allgemeinheit über einen bestimmten Sachverhalt
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bberichterstattung,beirchterstattung,bercihterstattung,bericchterstattung,berichetrstattung,berichhterstattung,berichterrstattung,berichtersatttung,berichtersstattung,berichterstattnug,berichterstattugn,berichterstattungg,berichterstattunng,berichterstatung,berichterstatutng,berichtersttattung,berichtersttatung,berichtertsattung,berichtesrtattung,berichtrestattung,berichtterstattung,berictherstattung,berihcterstattung,berrichterstattung,breichterstattung,ebrichterstattung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Berichterstattung - 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 “Berichterstattung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-R-I-C-H-T-E-R-S-T-A-T-T-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʁɪçtʔɛɐ̯ˌʃtatʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.