beschuldigen

/[bəˈʃʊldɪɡn̩]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,031

in German word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

beschuldigen is aGermanverb. It means: jemandem eine Straftat zur Last legen beziehungsweise die Schuld an etwas geben Pronounced [bəˈʃʊldɪɡn̩]. Often confused with beschuldigt and beschuldigte.

Key facts for beschuldigen
PropertyValue
Headwordbeschuldigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃʊldɪɡn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#29,031
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for beschuldigen is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃʊldɪɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,031 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemandem eine Straftat zur Last legen beziehungsweise die Schuld an etwas geben".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for beschuldigen, with forms such as "bbeschuldigen", "becshuldigen", and "bescchuldigen". 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, "beschuldigt", "beschuldigte", "Beschuldigten", 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 beschuldigen, spelled B-E-S-C-H-U-L-D-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem eine Straftat zur Last legen beziehungsweise die Schuld an etwas geben

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeschuldigen,becshuldigen,bescchuldigen,beschhuldigen,beschludigen,beschudligen,beschulddigen,beschuldgien,beschuldiegn,beschuldigenn,beschuldiggen,beschuldigne,beschulidgen,beschulldigen,bescuhldigen,beshculdigen,besschuldigen,bsechuldigen,ebschuldigen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beschuldigen

Misspelling Variants of "beschuldigen"

bbeschuldigen13becshuldigen12bescchuldigen13beschhuldigen13beschludigen12beschudligen12beschulddigen13beschuldgien12
Misspelling Variants of "beschuldigen"

Frequency rank: #29,031 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beschuldigen"?
"beschuldigen" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-U-L-D-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃʊldɪɡn̩].
What does "beschuldigen" mean?
As a verb, "beschuldigen" means: jemandem eine Straftat zur Last legen beziehungsweise die Schuld an etwas geben
What words are commonly confused with "beschuldigen"?
"beschuldigen" is commonly confused with "beschuldigt", "beschuldigte", "Beschuldigten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beschuldigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beschuldigen" is [bəˈʃʊldɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beschuldigen" come from?
"beschuldigen" 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.