bespitzeln
[bəˈʃpɪt͡sl̩n]
The verdict
“bespitzeln” is an uncommon German word, ranked #87,485 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #87,485
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden heimlich beobachten und belauschen, um an Informationen zu kommen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bespitzeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃpɪt͡sl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bespitzeln” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bespitzeln is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, 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".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bespitzeln, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bespitzeln, spelled B-E-S-P-I-T-Z-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden heimlich beobachten und belauschen, um an Informationen zu kommen
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.
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Using “bespitzeln”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-P-I-T-Z-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʃpɪt͡sl̩n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.