bettlägerig
[ˈbɛtˌlɛːɡəʁɪç]
The verdict
“bettlägerig” is uncommon German (frequency #90,043 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,043
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufgrund von Krankheit im Bett liegen müssend
Corpus desk
Index DE-bettlagerig · bettlägerig · German
bettlägerig · rank #90,043 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,043
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH betörend
Nearest frequency peer: betörend (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „bettlägerig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- betoniert
betoniert
9,961 corpus weight
- betrauern
betrauern
9,960 corpus weight
- bettlägerig
bettlägerig
9,958 corpus weight
- betörend
betörend
9,957 corpus weight
- beurlauben
beurlauben
9,956 corpus weight
- Bevölkerung…
Bevölkerungsaustausch
9,955 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bettlägerig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bettlägerig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbɛtˌlɛːɡəʁɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bettlägerig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bettlägerig is uncommon German at frequency #90,043 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbɛtˌlɛːɡəʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aufgrund von Krankheit im Bett liegen müssend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bettlägerig, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 bettlägerig, spelled B-E-T-T-L-Ä-G-E-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1aufgrund von Krankheit im Bett liegen müssend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bettlägerig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vor ihrem Tod war sie bereits mehrere Jahre bettlägerig.
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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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