berufen
[bəˈʁuːfn̩]
The verdict
“berufen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,563
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders/mehr als andere fähig/geeignet für Aufgabe oder Amt
Corpus desk
Index DE-berufen · berufen · German
berufen · rank #3,563 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,563
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH berge
Nearest frequency peer: berge (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “berufen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Barbara
Barbara
96,441 corpus weight
- bedroht
bedroht
96,440 corpus weight
- berge
berge
96,439 corpus weight
- berufen
berufen
96,438 corpus weight
- betreiben
betreiben
96,437 corpus weight
- Bewertung
Bewertung
96,436 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “berufen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | berufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈʁuːfn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “berufen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around berufen (IPA [bəˈʁuːfn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,563 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for berufen, with forms such as "bberufen", "berfuen", and "berrufen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Berufs", "beruft", "beugen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is berufen, spelled B-E-R-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1besonders/mehr als andere fähig/geeignet für Aufgabe oder Amt
- 2in ein hohes Amt eingesetzt; auch religiös: von göttlicher Instanz/Schicksal für besondere Aufgabe erwählt/gefordert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how berufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit 1857 Vertreter der Universität in der badischen Ersten Kammer, seit 1863 deren Mitglied durch allerhöchstes Vertrauen, 1861–66 Bundestagsgesandter in Frankfurt, 1867–71 Gesandter in München, war [Robert von Mohl] der berufenste Vertreter der nationalen Reformpolitik der großherzoglichen Regierung.“
„[…] denn niemand ist dazu berufener als die Mutter: daß sie ihren Kindern die Herzlosigkeit der Tierquälerei vor Augen führe.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bberufen
- berfuen
- berrufen
- beruefn
- berufenn
- beruffen
- berufne
- beurfen
- breufen
- ebrufen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of berufen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "berufen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "berufen". Here's where to go from here.
- "berufen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Berufs". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,563 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.