beschäftigt
[bəˈʃɛftɪçt]
The verdict
“beschäftigt” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,347
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ausgelastet durch (bezahlte) Tätigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-beschaftigt · beschäftigt · German
beschäftigt · rank #1,347 · 18 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,347
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH begann
Nearest frequency peer: begann (-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 „beschäftigt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- aufgenommen
aufgenommen
98,657 corpus weight
- Basis
Basis
98,656 corpus weight
- begann
begann
98,655 corpus weight
- beschäftigt
beschäftigt
98,654 corpus weight
- CSU
CSU
98,653 corpus weight
- dahin
dahin
98,652 corpus weight
What this shows „beschäftigt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | beschäftigt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈʃɛftɪçt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #1,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „beschäftigt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around beschäftigt (IPA [bəˈʃɛftɪçt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,347 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ausgelastet durch (bezahlte) Tätigkeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for beschäftigt, with forms such as "bbeschäftigt", "becshäftigt", and "bescchäftigt". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Beschäftigte", "beschäftigten", "Beschäftigter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is beschäftigt, spelled B-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-I-G-T.
Definition
- 1ausgelastet durch (bezahlte) Tätigkeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how beschäftigt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin momentan sehr beschäftigt.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbeschäftigt
- becshäftigt
- bescchäftigt
- beschfätigt
- beschhäftigt
- beschäfftigt
- beschäfitgt
- beschäftgit
- beschäftiggt
- beschäftigtt
- beschäftitg
- beschäfttigt
- beschätfigt
- bescähftigt
- beshcäftigt
- besschäftigt
- bsechäftigt
- ebschäftigt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beschäftigt - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beschäftigt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).