Berührung
[bəˈʁyːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Berührung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,513. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,513
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ereignis, wenn mehrere Dinge aneinandergeraten (auch abstrakt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-beruhrung · Berührung · German
Berührung · rank #9,513 · 14 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,513
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH benutzte
Nearest frequency peer: benutzte (-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 “Berührung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Batman
Batman
90,491 corpus weight
- beitritt
beitritt
90,490 corpus weight
- benutzte
benutzte
90,489 corpus weight
- Berührung
Berührung
90,488 corpus weight
- beschrieb
beschrieb
90,487 corpus weight
- Bibliotheken
Bibliotheken
90,486 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Berührung” 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 | Berührung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʁyːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Berührung” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Berührung (IPA [bəˈʁyːʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,513 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Berührung, with forms such as "bberührung", "berhürung", and "berrührung". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Bewährung", "Berührungen", "Berufung", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Berührung, spelled B-E-R-Ü-H-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Ereignis, wenn mehrere Dinge aneinandergeraten (auch abstrakt)
- 2Handlung, an [1] beteiligt zu sein
- 3sozialer Kontakt
- 4Erwähnung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Berührung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Berührung von heißem Fett und Wasser ist in jeden Fall zu vermeiden.
Die Berührung der Anlage ist verboten.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bberührung
- berhürung
- berrührung
- berühhrung
- berührnug
- berührrung
- berührugn
- berührungg
- berührunng
- berühurng
- berürhung
- beürhrung
- breührung
- ebrührung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Berührung - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Berührung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Berührung" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Bewährung". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,513 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.