betont

/[bəˈtoːnt]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,300

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

betont is anGermanadj. It means: auffallend, nachdrücklich Pronounced [bəˈtoːnt]. It ranks #3,300 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bett and betrat.

Key facts for betont
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Headwordbetont
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bəˈtoːnt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,300
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of betont in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for betont is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈtoːnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,300 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for betont, with forms such as "bbetont", "beotnt", and "betnot". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Bett", "betrat", "beyond", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is betont, spelled B-E-T-O-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    auffallend, nachdrücklich
  2. 2
    Eigenschaft der Silbe (im Wort oder im Vers), die stimmlich durch Lautstärke oder Tonhöhe im Vergleich zu anderen hervorgehoben ist.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbetont,beotnt,betnot,betonnt,betontt,betotn,bettont,bteont,ebtont

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for betont

Misspelling Variants of "betont"

bbetont7beotnt6betnot6betonnt7betontt7betotn6bettont7bteont6
Misspelling Variants of "betont"

Frequency rank: #3,300 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "betont"?
"betont" is spelled B-E-T-O-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈtoːnt].
What does "betont" mean?
As an adj, "betont" means: auffallend, nachdrücklich
What words are commonly confused with "betont"?
"betont" is commonly confused with "Bett", "betrat", "beyond". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "betont"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "betont" is [bəˈtoːnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "betont" come from?
"betont" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.