berufstätig
[bəˈʁuːfsˌtɛːtɪç]
The verdict
“berufstätig” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,469
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer beruflichen Tätigkeit nachgehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-berufstatig · berufstätig · German
berufstätig · rank #33,469 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,469
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH belächelt
Nearest frequency peer: belächelt (-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 “berufstätig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- belanglos
belanglos
66,535 corpus weight
- belächelt
belächelt
66,533 corpus weight
- berufstätig
berufstätig
66,532 corpus weight
- Berufstätig…
Berufstätigkeit
66,531 corpus weight
- besagter
besagter
66,530 corpus weight
- Betriebslei…
Betriebsleiter
66,529 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “berufstätig” 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 | berufstätig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈʁuːfsˌtɛːtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #33,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “berufstätig” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around berufstätig (IPA [bəˈʁuːfsˌtɛːtɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,469 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einer beruflichen Tätigkeit nachgehend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for berufstätig, with forms such as "bberufstätig", "berfustätig", and "berrufstätig". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "berufstätige", "berufstätigen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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. The correct German form is berufstätig, spelled B-E-R-U-F-S-T-Ä-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1einer beruflichen Tätigkeit nachgehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how berufstätig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seitdem sein Sohn in den Kindergarten geht, ist er wieder halbtags berufstätig.
„Auch nach Kriegsende stieg die Zahl der berufstätigen Frauen weiter an.“
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bberufstätig
- berfustätig
- berrufstätig
- beruffstätig
- berufsstätig
- berufsttäig
- berufsttätig
- berufstäitg
- berufstätgi
- berufstätigg
- berufstättig
- berufsättig
- beruftsätig
- berusftätig
- beurfstätig
- breufstätig
- ebrufstätig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of berufstätig - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "berufstätig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "berufstätig". Here's where to go from here.
- "berufstätig" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "berufstätige". View pair
- 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #33,469 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.