beschenken

[bəˈʃɛŋkn̩]

/[bəˈʃɛŋkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“beschenken” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,700. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,700
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem eine Gabe (Geschenk) geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-beschenken · beschenken · German

beschenken · rank #41,700 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,700
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Berührungspun…

Nearest frequency peer: Berührungspunkte (-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 „beschenken“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „beschenken“ 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).

beschenken vs bescheren
80% similar
beschenken vs beschenkt
80% similar
beschenken vs beschränken
82% similar

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

Key facts for beschenken
PropertyValue
Headwordbeschenken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃɛŋkn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#41,700
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „beschenken“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).beschenkenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Berührungspunkte“ (#41,699), „Beschuldigungen“ (#41,701), „Berufsschulen“ (#41,698). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beschenken“ bei #41,700. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around beschenken (IPA [bəˈʃɛŋkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,700 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemandem eine Gabe (Geschenk) geben".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for beschenken, with forms such as "bbeschenken", "becshenken", and "bescchenken". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bescheren", "beschenkt", "beschränken", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is beschenken, spelled B-E-S-C-H-E-N-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem eine Gabe (Geschenk) geben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie bezahlte sie nicht, aber sie beschenkte sie überreichlich.
  2. „Jetzt wird er bestimmt seine Haltung verlieren und hastig wie ein beschenktes Kind zunächst einmal den Inhalt durch und durch wühlen.“

Antonyms

wegnehmen

This word in other languages

gift(English)regalar(Español)offrir(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbeschenken
  • becshenken
  • bescchenken
  • bescehnken
  • bescheknen
  • beschenekn
  • beschenkenn
  • beschenkken
  • beschenkne
  • beschennken
  • beschhenken
  • beschneken
  • beshcenken
  • besschenken
  • bsechenken
  • ebschenken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beschenken - 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.

bbeschenken1becshenken2bescchenken1bescehnken2bescheknen2beschenekn2beschenkenn1beschenkken1
Edit distance from "beschenken"

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 "beschenken"?
"beschenken" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-E-N-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃɛŋkn̩].
What does "beschenken" mean?
As a verb, "beschenken" means: jemandem eine Gabe (Geschenk) geben
What words are commonly confused with "beschenken"?
"beschenken" is commonly confused with "bescheren", "beschenkt", "beschränken". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beschenken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beschenken" is [bəˈʃɛŋkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beschenken" come from?
"beschenken" 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 "beschenken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

berichtigt#41,695Blutzucker#41,714Begabungen#41,685Bedenkzeit#41,683

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

aufwändiger16 variantsangepriesen16 variantseinbehalten16 variantsEisenbahner16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list