Bespitzelung
[bəˈʃpɪt͡səlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Bespitzelung” is uncommon German (frequency #80,149 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,149
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Handlung, bei der jemand heimlich beobachtet und belauscht wird, um an Informationen zu kommen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bespitzelung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʃpɪt͡səlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #80,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bespitzelung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bespitzelung is uncommon German at frequency #80,149 among 72,680 “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
- 1Handlung, bei der jemand heimlich beobachtet und belauscht wird, 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 “Bespitzelung”
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-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʃpɪt͡səlʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.