berühmt

/[bəˈʁyːmt]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,511

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

berühmt is anGermanadj. It means: prominent, in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und meist angesehen Pronounced [bəˈʁyːmt]. It ranks #6,511 in German word frequency. Often confused with beruht and brummt.

Key facts for berühmt
PropertyValue
Headwordberühmt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bəˈʁyːmt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,511
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for berühmt is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʁyːmt]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,511 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "prominent, in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und meist angesehen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for berühmt, with forms such as "bberühmt", "berhümt", and "berrühmt". 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.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "beruht", "brummt", "berührt", 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 berühmt, spelled B-E-R-Ü-H-M-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    prominent, in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und meist angesehen

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bberühmt,berhümt,berrühmt,berühhmt,berühmmt,berühmtt,berühtm,berümht,beürhmt,breühmt,ebrühmt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for berühmt

Misspelling Variants of "berühmt"

bberühmt8berhümt7berrühmt8berühhmt8berühmmt8berühmtt8berühtm7berümht7
Misspelling Variants of "berühmt"

Frequency rank: #6,511 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "berühmt"?
"berühmt" is spelled B-E-R-Ü-H-M-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʁyːmt].
What does "berühmt" mean?
As an adj, "berühmt" means: prominent, in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und meist angesehen
What words are commonly confused with "berühmt"?
"berühmt" is commonly confused with "beruht", "brummt", "berührt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "berühmt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berühmt" is [bəˈʁyːmt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berühmt" come from?
"berühmt" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.