berühmt
[bəˈʁyːmt]
The verdict
“berühmt” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,511. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,511
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - prominent, in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und meist angesehen
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 | berühmt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈʁyːmt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “berühmt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around berühmt (IPA [bəˈʁyːmt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,511 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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 of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "beruht", "brummt", "berührt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is berühmt, spelled B-E-R-Ü-H-M-T.
Definition
- 1prominent, in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und meist angesehen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bberühmt
- berhümt
- berrühmt
- berühhmt
- berühmmt
- berühmtt
- berühtm
- berümht
- beürhmt
- breühmt
- ebrühmt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of berühmt - 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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Using “berühmt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-R-Ü-H-M-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʁyːmt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “beruht” - see the side-by-side comparison. berühmt vs beruht
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.