Beschreibung

/[bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,099

in German word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Beschreibung is aGermannoun. It means: Aufzählung oder Schilderung von Merkmalen und Eigenschaften von etwas/jemandem Pronounced [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]. It ranks #2,099 in German word frequency. Often confused with Beschreibungen and beschreiben.

Key facts for Beschreibung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBeschreibung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#2,099
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Beschreibung is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,099 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for Beschreibung, with forms such as "bbeschreibung", "becshreibung", and "bescchreibung". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Beschreibungen", "beschreiben", "Beschneidung", 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 Beschreibung, spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aufzählung oder Schilderung von Merkmalen und Eigenschaften von etwas/jemandem
  2. 2
    textliches Beschreiben eines Blatts Papier, einer digitalen Datei oder von Ähnlichem

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeschreibung,becshreibung,bescchreibung,bescheribung,beschhreibung,beschrebiung,beschreibbung,beschreibnug,beschreibugn,beschreibungg,beschreibunng,beschreiubng,beschriebung,beschrreibung,bescrheibung,beshcreibung,besschreibung,bsechreibung,ebschreibung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Beschreibung

Misspelling Variants of "Beschreibung"

bbeschreibung13becshreibung12bescchreibung13bescheribung12beschhreibung13beschrebiung12beschreibbung13beschreibnug12
Misspelling Variants of "Beschreibung"

Frequency rank: #2,099 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Beschreibung"?
"Beschreibung" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ].
What does "Beschreibung" mean?
As a noun, "Beschreibung" means: Aufzählung oder Schilderung von Merkmalen und Eigenschaften von etwas/jemandem
What words are commonly confused with "Beschreibung"?
"Beschreibung" is commonly confused with "Beschreibungen", "beschreiben", "Beschneidung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Beschreibung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Beschreibung" is [bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Beschreibung" come from?
"Beschreibung" 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.