Bespitzelung

[bəˈʃpɪt͡səlʊŋ]

/[bəˈʃpɪt͡səlʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bespitzelung” is uncommon German (frequency #80,149 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,149
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung, bei der jemand heimlich beobachtet und belauscht wird, um an Informationen zu kommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bespitzelung · Bespitzelung · German

Bespitzelung · rank #80,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,149
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Besorgung

Nearest frequency peer: Besorgung (-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 „Bespitzelung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bespitzelung
PropertyValue
HeadwordBespitzelung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈʃpɪt͡səlʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#80,149
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bespitzelung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bespitzelungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Besorgung“ (#80,148), „bestialisch“ (#80,150), „besorgniserregende“ (#80,147). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bespitzelung“ bei #80,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bespitzelung is uncommon German at frequency #80,149 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈʃpɪt͡səlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handlung, bei der jemand heimlich beobachtet und belauscht wird, um an Informationen zu kommen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Bespitzelung in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bespitzelung, spelled B-E-S-P-I-T-Z-E-L-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handlung, bei der jemand heimlich beobachtet und belauscht wird, um an Informationen zu kommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Waldensergemeinden mußten sich in den Jahren zwischen 1922 und 1945 staatliche Bespitzelung gefallen lassen; ihre aus historischen Gründen oft noch französische Liturgiesprache wurde verboten.“

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 "Bespitzelung"?
"Bespitzelung" is spelled B-E-S-P-I-T-Z-E-L-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃpɪt͡səlʊŋ].
What does "Bespitzelung" mean?
As a noun, "Bespitzelung" means: Handlung, bei der jemand heimlich beobachtet und belauscht wird, um an Informationen zu kommen
How do you pronounce "Bespitzelung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bespitzelung" is [bəˈʃpɪt͡səlʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bespitzelung" come from?
"Bespitzelung" 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 "Bespitzelung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list