beschädigen

[bəˈʃɛːdɪɡn̩]

/[bəˈʃɛːdɪɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“beschädigen” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,653
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas einen Schaden zufügen

Corpus desk

Index DE-beschadigen · beschädigen · German

beschädigen · rank #22,653 · 17 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,653
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bernburg

Nearest frequency peer: Bernburg (-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 „beschädigen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „beschädigen“ 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).

beschädigen vs beschädigt
82% similar
beschädigen vs beschädigte
82% similar
beschädigen vs beschäftigen
83% similar

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

Key facts for beschädigen
PropertyValue
Headwordbeschädigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃɛːdɪɡn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#22,653
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „beschädigen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.beschädigenliegt 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: „Bernburg“ (#22,652), „Bestattung“ (#22,654), „bereitwillig“ (#22,651). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beschädigen“ bei #22,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around beschädigen (IPA [bəˈʃɛːdɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,653 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas einen Schaden zufügen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for beschädigen, with forms such as "bbeschädigen", "becshädigen", and "bescchädigen". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "beschädigt", "beschädigte", "beschäftigen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is beschädigen, spelled B-E-S-C-H-Ä-D-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas einen Schaden zufügen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wenn Sie die Ware beschädigt haben, müssen Sie sie kaufen.
  2. Das beschädigte Fahrzeug wird vom Gutachter besichtigt.

This word in other languages

damage(English)dañar(Español)endommager(Français)danificar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbeschädigen
  • becshädigen
  • bescchädigen
  • beschdäigen
  • beschhädigen
  • beschäddigen
  • beschädgien
  • beschädiegn
  • beschädigenn
  • beschädiggen
  • beschädigne
  • beschäidgen
  • bescähdigen
  • beshcädigen
  • besschädigen
  • bsechädigen
  • ebschädigen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beschädigen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbeschädigen1becshädigen2bescchädigen1beschdäigen2beschhädigen1beschäddigen1beschädgien2beschädiegn2
Edit distance from "beschädigen"

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 "beschädigen"?
"beschädigen" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-Ä-D-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃɛːdɪɡn̩].
What does "beschädigen" mean?
As a verb, "beschädigen" means: etwas einen Schaden zufügen
What words are commonly confused with "beschädigen"?
"beschädigen" is commonly confused with "beschädigt", "beschädigte", "beschäftigen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beschädigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beschädigen" is [bəˈʃɛːdɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beschädigen" come from?
"beschädigen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bestehendes#22,655aufschlagen#22,629Doktortitel#22,682Doppelmoral#22,684

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

Assoziationen17 variantsabzugrenzen17 variantsübernachtet17 variantsÜberführung17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list