beschwerlich

[bəˈʃveːɐ̯lɪç]

/[bəˈʃveːɐ̯lɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“beschwerlich” is uncommon German (frequency #53,533 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,533
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so dass es Beschwerden bereitet

Corpus desk

Index DE-beschwerlich · beschwerlich · German

beschwerlich · rank #53,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,533
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beschränke

Nearest frequency peer: beschränke (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „beschwerlich“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „beschwerlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beschwerlich
PropertyValue
Headwordbeschwerlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈʃveːɐ̯lɪç]
Letters12
Frequency rank#53,533
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beschwerlich“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).beschwerlichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beschränke“ (#53,532), „bestreichen“ (#53,534), „Berühmtheiten“ (#53,531). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beschwerlich“ bei #53,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beschwerlich is uncommon German at frequency #53,533 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈʃveːɐ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so dass es Beschwerden bereitet".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for beschwerlich, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is beschwerlich, spelled B-E-S-C-H-W-E-R-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    so dass es Beschwerden bereitet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how beschwerlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Siedler hatten eine beschwerliche Reise quer durch den Kontinent vor sich.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beschwerlich"?
"beschwerlich" is spelled B-E-S-C-H-W-E-R-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃveːɐ̯lɪç].
What does "beschwerlich" mean?
As an adjective, "beschwerlich" means: so dass es Beschwerden bereitet
How do you pronounce "beschwerlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beschwerlich" is [bəˈʃveːɐ̯lɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beschwerlich" come from?
"beschwerlich" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beschwerlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list