betiteln
[bəˈtiːtl̩n]
The verdict
“betiteln” is an uncommon German word, ranked #51,162 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #51,162
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit einem Titel, einer Überschrift, einem Namen versehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | betiteln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈtiːtl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “betiteln” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for betiteln is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈtiːtl̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,162 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for betiteln, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is betiteln, spelled B-E-T-I-T-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Titel, einer Überschrift, einem Namen versehen
- 2mit einem Titel anreden
- 3beschimpfen
Synonyms
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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Using “betiteln”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-T-I-T-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈtiːtl̩n] (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.