Beter
[ˈbeːtɐ]
The verdict
“Beter” is uncommon German (frequency #99,567 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,567
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die (oft) betet
Corpus desk
Index DE-beter · Beter · German
Beter · rank #99,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,567
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Betonmischer
Nearest frequency peer: Betonmischer (+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 „Beter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- besamen
besamen
439 corpus weight
- Besitzung
Besitzung
437 corpus weight
- besonnenen
besonnenen
436 corpus weight
- Beter
Beter
434 corpus weight
- Betonmischer
Betonmischer
433 corpus weight
- Bezirksamtes
Bezirksamtes
429 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Beter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Beter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbeːtɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Beter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Beter is uncommon German at frequency #99,567 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbeːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die (oft) betet".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Beter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Beter, spelled B-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die (oft) betet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Beter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der zweiten Stunde fand ich es unsinnig hier wegen des Beters zu sitzen.“
„Vor der Tür der kleinen Kirche fanden wir bereits viele Wagen; sie mußte daher voll von Betern und Beterinnen aller Art sein.“
Synonyms
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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