betrifft

/[bəˈtʁɪft]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,195

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

betrifft is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betreffen Pronounced [bəˈtʁɪft]. It ranks #2,195 in German word frequency. Often confused with betritt and Begriff.

Key facts for betrifft
PropertyValue
Headwordbetrifft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈtʁɪft]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,195
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for betrifft is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈtʁɪft]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,195 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betreffen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for betrifft, with forms such as "bbetrifft", "bertifft", and "betirfft". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "betritt", "Begriff", "Betreff", 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 betrifft, spelled B-E-T-R-I-F-F-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betreffen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbetrifft,bertifft,betirfft,betrfift,betrifftt,betrift,betriftf,betrrifft,bettrifft,bterifft,ebtrifft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for betrifft

Misspelling Variants of "betrifft"

bbetrifft9bertifft8betirfft8betrfift8betrifftt9betrift7betriftf8betrrifft9
Misspelling Variants of "betrifft"

Frequency rank: #2,195 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "betrifft"?
"betrifft" is spelled B-E-T-R-I-F-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈtʁɪft].
What does "betrifft" mean?
As a verb, "betrifft" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs betreffen
What words are commonly confused with "betrifft"?
"betrifft" is commonly confused with "betritt", "Begriff", "Betreff". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "betrifft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "betrifft" is [bəˈtʁɪft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "betrifft" come from?
"betrifft" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.