bespitzeln

/[bəˈʃpɪt͡sl̩n]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#87,485

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

bespitzeln is aGermanverb. It means: jemanden heimlich beobachten und belauschen, um an Informationen zu kommen Pronounced [bəˈʃpɪt͡sl̩n].

Key facts for bespitzeln
PropertyValue
Headwordbespitzeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃpɪt͡sl̩n]
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,485
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bespitzeln is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃpɪt͡sl̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #87,485 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemanden heimlich beobachten und belauschen, um an Informationen zu kommen".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for bespitzeln in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 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 bespitzeln, spelled B-E-S-P-I-T-Z-E-L-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden heimlich beobachten und belauschen, um an Informationen zu kommen

Frequency rank: #87,485 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bespitzeln"?
"bespitzeln" is spelled B-E-S-P-I-T-Z-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃpɪt͡sl̩n].
What does "bespitzeln" mean?
As a verb, "bespitzeln" means: jemanden heimlich beobachten und belauschen, um an Informationen zu kommen
How do you pronounce "bespitzeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bespitzeln" is [bəˈʃpɪt͡sl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bespitzeln" come from?
"bespitzeln" 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.