Bettlaken
[ˈbɛtˌlaːkn̩]
The verdict
“Bettlaken” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,522
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Auflage für Matratzen aus Leinen oder Baumwolle
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bettlaken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛtˌlaːkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bettlaken” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Bettlaken (IPA [ˈbɛtˌlaːkn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,522 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Auflage für Matratzen aus Leinen oder Baumwolle".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bettlaken, with forms such as "bbettlaken", "betlaken", and "betltaken". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bettlaken, spelled B-E-T-T-L-A-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Auflage für Matratzen aus Leinen oder Baumwolle
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbettlaken,betlaken,betltaken,bettalken,bettlaekn,bettlakenn,bettlakken,bettlakne,bettlkaen,bettllaken,btetlaken,ebttlaken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bettlaken - 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 “Bettlaken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-T-T-L-A-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbɛtˌlaːkn̩] (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.