berühmt

[bəˈʁyːmt]

/[bəˈʁyːmt]/ adj

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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
5,818
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prominent, in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und meist angesehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beruhmt · berühmt · German

berühmt · rank #6,511 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,511
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Benutzung

Nearest frequency peer: Benutzung (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „berühmt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „berühmt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

berühmt vs beruht
71% similar
berühmt vs brummt
57% similar
berühmt vs berührt
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „berühmt“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.berühmtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Benutzung“ (#6,510), „berühren“ (#6,512), „Beleuchtung“ (#6,509). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „berühmt“ bei #6,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around berühmt (IPA [bəˈʁyːmt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,511 among 5,818 “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

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how berühmt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Fernando Vallejo ist ein berühmter Schriftsteller.
  2. „In jedem Reiseführer steht, daß es die berühmteste Burg Polens ist.“

Synonyms

angesehenbekanntpopulärrenommiert

This word in other languages

famous(English)famoso(Español)fameux(Français)

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.

bberühmt1berhümt2berrühmt1berühhmt1berühmmt1berühmtt1berühtm2berümht2
Edit distance from "berühmt"

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.

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 adjective, "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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "berühmt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Baustelle11 variantszulässig11 variantsgarantie11 variantsverkaufe11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list