betragen
[bəˈtʁaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“betragen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,515
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Wert, eine zahlenmäßige Größe, einen Geldbetrag darstellen, ausmachen, umfassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-betragen · betragen · German
betragen · rank #6,515 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,515
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beteiligen
Nearest frequency peer: beteiligen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „betragen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- berühren
berühren
93,489 corpus weight
- besprochen
besprochen
93,488 corpus weight
- beteiligen
beteiligen
93,487 corpus weight
- betragen
betragen
93,486 corpus weight
- Bewerber
Bewerber
93,485 corpus weight
- Blase
Blase
93,484 corpus weight
What this shows „betragen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | betragen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈtʁaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „betragen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around betragen (IPA [bəˈtʁaːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,515 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for betragen, with forms such as "bbetragen", "bertagen", and "betargen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "beträgt", "betreten", "Betrüger", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 betragen, spelled B-E-T-R-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Wert, eine zahlenmäßige Größe, einen Geldbetrag darstellen, ausmachen, umfassen
- 2bestimmten Verhaltensnormen, Sitten und Anstandsregeln gerecht werden, diese einhalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how betragen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Preis beträgt nicht einmal 100 Euro, sondern nur 99 Euro und 95 Cent.
„Allein in Kasachstan betrugen die chinesischen Auslandsinvestitionen im Jahr 2018 mehr als 15 Milliarden US-Dollar.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbetragen
- bertagen
- betargen
- betraegn
- betragenn
- betraggen
- betragne
- betrgaen
- betrragen
- bettragen
- bteragen
- ebtragen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of betragen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "betragen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).