beruhigen

/[bəˈʁuːɪɡn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,878

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

beruhigen is aGermanverb. It means: zur Ruhe bringen; ruhig machen Pronounced [bəˈʁuːɪɡn̩]. It ranks #7,878 in German word frequency. Often confused with beruhigt and berühren.

Key facts for beruhigen
PropertyValue
Headwordberuhigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʁuːɪɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,878
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of beruhigen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for beruhigen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʁuːɪɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,878 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for beruhigen, with forms such as "bberuhigen", "berhuigen", and "berruhigen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "beruhigt", "berühren", "berühmten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is beruhigen, spelled B-E-R-U-H-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zur Ruhe bringen; ruhig machen
  2. 2
    beschwichtigen, die Sorge nehmen
  3. 3
    sich emotional wieder normalisieren (nach großer Aufregung oder Wut)
  4. 4
    wieder zum Normalzustand zurückkehren

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bberuhigen,berhuigen,berruhigen,beruhgien,beruhhigen,beruhiegn,beruhigenn,beruhiggen,beruhigne,beruihgen,beurhigen,breuhigen,ebruhigen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beruhigen

Misspelling Variants of "beruhigen"

bberuhigen10berhuigen9berruhigen10beruhgien9beruhhigen10beruhiegn9beruhigenn10beruhiggen10
Misspelling Variants of "beruhigen"

Frequency rank: #7,878 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beruhigen"?
"beruhigen" is spelled B-E-R-U-H-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʁuːɪɡn̩].
What does "beruhigen" mean?
As a verb, "beruhigen" means: zur Ruhe bringen; ruhig machen
What words are commonly confused with "beruhigen"?
"beruhigen" is commonly confused with "beruhigt", "berühren", "berühmten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beruhigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beruhigen" is [bəˈʁuːɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beruhigen" come from?
"beruhigen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.