Bestechlichkeit

[bəˈʃtɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[bəˈʃtɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Bestechlichkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #68,058 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,058
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein moralisch verwerfliches Charaktermerkmal

Corpus desk

Index DE-bestechlichkeit · Bestechlichkeit · German

Bestechlichkeit · rank #68,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,058
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH besessenen

Nearest frequency peer: besessenen (-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 „Bestechlichkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bestechlichkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordBestechlichkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈʃtɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters15
Frequency rank#68,058
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bestechlichkeit“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „besessenen“ (#68,057), „bestrahlt“ (#68,059), „Berufspolitiker“ (#68,056). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bestechlichkeit“ bei #68,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bestechlichkeit is uncommon German at frequency #68,058 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈʃtɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bestechlichkeit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bestechlichkeit, spelled B-E-S-T-E-C-H-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein moralisch verwerfliches Charaktermerkmal
  2. 2
    ein moralisch verwerfliches Charaktermerkmal

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Er hat sich nicht nur besonders gegen die Bestechlichkeit gewandt, sondern auch für Hamann verwandt, gemeinsam mit seinem Freund und Lehrer Kant.“

Synonyms

Käuflichkeit

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 "Bestechlichkeit"?
"Bestechlichkeit" is spelled B-E-S-T-E-C-H-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃtɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Bestechlichkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Bestechlichkeit" means: ein moralisch verwerfliches Charaktermerkmal
How do you pronounce "Bestechlichkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bestechlichkeit" is [bəˈʃtɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list