beschämend
[bəˈʃɛːmənt]
The verdict
“beschämend” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #28,099 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #28,099
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gegenüber jemanden ein derart schlechtes oder unwürdiges Verhalten zeigen, dass Dritte dieses Verhalten als sehr peinlich empfinden; einen Fakt als dürftig oder kläglich wahrnehmen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beschämend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈʃɛːmənt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #28,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beschämend” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for beschämend is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃɛːmənt]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,099 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gegenüber jemanden ein derart schlechtes oder unwürdiges Verhalten zeigen, dass Dritte dieses Verhalten als sehr peinlich empfinden; einen Fakt als dürftig oder kläglich wahrnehmen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for beschämend, with forms such as "bbeschämend", "becshämend", and "bescchämend". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is beschämend, spelled B-E-S-C-H-Ä-M-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1gegenüber jemanden ein derart schlechtes oder unwürdiges Verhalten zeigen, dass Dritte dieses Verhalten als sehr peinlich empfinden; einen Fakt als dürftig oder kläglich wahrnehmen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbeschämend,becshämend,bescchämend,beschhämend,beschmäend,beschäemnd,beschämedn,beschämendd,beschämennd,beschämmend,beschämned,bescähmend,beshcämend,besschämend,bsechämend,ebschämend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beschämend - 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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Using “beschämend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-C-H-Ä-M-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʃɛːmənt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.