beschreibe

/[bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,960

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

beschreibe is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben Pronounced [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]. Often confused with beschreibt and beschreiben.

Key facts for beschreibe
PropertyValue
Headwordbeschreibe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,960
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of beschreibe in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for beschreibe is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,960 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for beschreibe, with forms such as "bbeschreibe", "becshreibe", and "bescchreibe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "beschreibt", "beschreiben", "beschreiten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is beschreibe, spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeschreibe,becshreibe,bescchreibe,bescheribe,beschhreibe,beschrebie,beschreibbe,beschreieb,beschriebe,beschrreibe,bescrheibe,beshcreibe,besschreibe,bsechreibe,ebschreibe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beschreibe

Misspelling Variants of "beschreibe"

bbeschreibe11becshreibe10bescchreibe11bescheribe10beschhreibe11beschrebie10beschreibbe11beschreieb10
Misspelling Variants of "beschreibe"

Frequency rank: #31,960 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beschreibe"?
"beschreibe" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bə].
What does "beschreibe" mean?
As a verb, "beschreibe" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beschreiben
What words are commonly confused with "beschreibe"?
"beschreibe" is commonly confused with "beschreibt", "beschreiben", "beschreiten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beschreibe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beschreibe" is [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beschreibe" come from?
"beschreibe" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.