bestrafen
[bəˈʃtʁaːfn̩]
The verdict
“bestrafen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,861
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem aufgrund einer schlechten Handlung negative Konsequenzen zuführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bestrafen · bestrafen · German
bestrafen · rank #9,861 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,861
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH benötigten
Nearest frequency peer: benötigten (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bestrafen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Belastungen
Belastungen
90,143 corpus weight
- benennen
benennen
90,142 corpus weight
- benötigten
benötigten
90,141 corpus weight
- bestrafen
bestrafen
90,140 corpus weight
- Bestseller
Bestseller
90,139 corpus weight
- bewaffneten
bewaffneten
90,138 corpus weight
What this shows „bestrafen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bestrafen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃtʁaːfn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bestrafen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around bestrafen (IPA [bəˈʃtʁaːfn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,861 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemandem aufgrund einer schlechten Handlung negative Konsequenzen zuführen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for bestrafen, with forms such as "bbestrafen", "besrtafen", and "besstrafen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "bestraft", "betragen", "betrafen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bestrafen, spelled B-E-S-T-R-A-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem aufgrund einer schlechten Handlung negative Konsequenzen zuführen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bestrafen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der König bestrafte die Verräter mit dem Tode.
„Das Leugnen des Holocaust kann in Österreich mit bis zu 20 Jahren Haft bestraft werden.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbestrafen
- besrtafen
- besstrafen
- bestarfen
- bestraefn
- bestrafenn
- bestraffen
- bestrafne
- bestrfaen
- bestrrafen
- besttrafen
- betsrafen
- bsetrafen
- ebstrafen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bestrafen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bestrafen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).