beschlag
[bəˈʃlaːk]
The verdict
“beschlag” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #34,548 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #34,548
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschlagen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beschlag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃlaːk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beschlag” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for beschlag is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃlaːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,548 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschlagen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for beschlag, with forms such as "bbeschlag", "becshlag", and "bescchlag". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is beschlag, spelled B-E-S-C-H-L-A-G.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschlagen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbeschlag,becshlag,bescchlag,beschalg,beschhlag,beschlagg,beschlga,beschllag,besclhag,beshclag,besschlag,bsechlag,ebschlag
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beschlag - 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 “beschlag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-C-H-L-A-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʃlaːk] (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.