betanken
[bəˈtaŋkn̩]
The verdict
“betanken” is uncommon German (frequency #95,336 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,336
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Treibstoffbehälter (Tank) mit Treibstoff, zum Beispiel Benzin oder Diesel, füllen
Corpus desk
Index DE-betanken · betanken · German
betanken · rank #95,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,336
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beschafften
Nearest frequency peer: beschafften (-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 „betanken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bepackt
bepackt
4,668 corpus weight
- beschafften
beschafften
4,666 corpus weight
- betanken
betanken
4,665 corpus weight
- betriebener
betriebener
4,664 corpus weight
- Betriebsart
Betriebsart
4,663 corpus weight
- betrogenen
betrogenen
4,662 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „betanken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | betanken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈtaŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „betanken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
betanken is uncommon German at frequency #95,336 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈtaŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Treibstoffbehälter (Tank) mit Treibstoff, zum Beispiel Benzin oder Diesel, füllen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for betanken, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is betanken, spelled B-E-T-A-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Treibstoffbehälter (Tank) mit Treibstoff, zum Beispiel Benzin oder Diesel, füllen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how betanken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Flugzeug wurde gereinigt und betankt.
This word in other languages
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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