beschrieben

/[bəˈʃʁiːbn̩]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,194

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

beschrieben is anGermanadj. It means: mit Text versehen, beschriftet worden Pronounced [bəˈʃʁiːbn̩]. It ranks #2,194 in German word frequency. Often confused with beschriebene and beschriebenen.

Key facts for beschrieben
PropertyValue
Headwordbeschrieben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bəˈʃʁiːbn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,194
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for beschrieben is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃʁiːbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,194 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 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for beschrieben, with forms such as "bbeschrieben", "becshrieben", and "bescchrieben". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "beschriebene", "beschriebenen", "beschrieb", 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 beschrieben, spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-I-E-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Text versehen, beschriftet worden
  2. 2
    in Worten wiedergegeben, in einer Beschreibung zusammengefasst

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeschrieben,becshrieben,bescchrieben,beschhrieben,beschireben,beschribeen,beschriebben,beschriebenn,beschriebne,beschrieebn,beschrrieben,bescrhieben,beshcrieben,besschrieben,bsechrieben,ebschrieben

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beschrieben

Misspelling Variants of "beschrieben"

bbeschrieben12becshrieben11bescchrieben12beschhrieben12beschireben11beschribeen11beschriebben12beschriebenn12
Misspelling Variants of "beschrieben"

Frequency rank: #2,194 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beschrieben"?
"beschrieben" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-I-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃʁiːbn̩].
What does "beschrieben" mean?
As an adj, "beschrieben" means: mit Text versehen, beschriftet worden
What words are commonly confused with "beschrieben"?
"beschrieben" is commonly confused with "beschriebene", "beschriebenen", "beschrieb". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beschrieben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beschrieben" is [bəˈʃʁiːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beschrieben" come from?
"beschrieben" 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.