betracht
[bəˈtʁaxt]
The verdict
“betracht” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,642 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,642
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betrachten
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 | betracht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈtʁaxt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “betracht” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for betracht is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈtʁaxt]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,642 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betrachten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for betracht, with forms such as "bbetracht", "bertacht", and "betarcht". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "betrat", "beträgt", "betraut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is betracht, spelled B-E-T-R-A-C-H-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betrachten
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbetracht,bertacht,betarcht,betraccht,betrachht,betrachtt,betracth,betrahct,betrcaht,betrracht,bettracht,bteracht,ebtracht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of betracht - 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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Using “betracht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-T-R-A-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈtʁaxt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “betrat” - see the side-by-side comparison. betracht vs betrat
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.