betreibst
[bəˈtʁaɪ̯pst]
The verdict
“betreibst” is uncommon German (frequency #70,082 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,082
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betreiben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | betreibst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈtʁaɪ̯pst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “betreibst” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
betreibst is uncommon German at frequency #70,082 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈtʁaɪ̯pst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betreiben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for betreibst, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 betreibst, spelled B-E-T-R-E-I-B-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betreiben
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 “betreibst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-T-R-E-I-B-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈtʁaɪ̯pst] (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.