bezahlen

/[bəˈt͡saːlən]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,469

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

bezahlen is aGermanverb. It means: jemandem für etwas einen bestimmten Geldbetrag geben Pronounced [bəˈt͡saːlən]. It ranks #1,469 in German word frequency. Often confused with bezahlt and bezahlte.

Key facts for bezahlen
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Headwordbezahlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈt͡saːlən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,469
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bezahlen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈt͡saːlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,469 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for bezahlen, with forms such as "bbezahlen", "beazhlen", and "bezaheln". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "bezahlt", "bezahlte", "bezahlst", 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 bezahlen, spelled B-E-Z-A-H-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem für etwas einen bestimmten Geldbetrag geben
  2. 2
    jemandem für geleistete Arbeit Geld geben
  3. 3
    für etwas (zum Beispiel den Kauf einer Sache) Geld ausgeben
  4. 4
    eine Verbindlichkeit/Schuld begleichen; jemanden das Geld geben, das ihm zusteht
  5. 5
    für jemanden Geld ausgeben, jemandem etwas spendieren
  6. 6
    für etwas büßen, eine Strafe auf sich nehmen
  7. 7
    von Nutzen, Vorteil sein; sich lohnen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbezahlen,beazhlen,bezaheln,bezahhlen,bezahlenn,bezahllen,bezahlne,bezalhen,bezhalen,bezzahlen,bzeahlen,ebzahlen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bezahlen

Misspelling Variants of "bezahlen"

bbezahlen9beazhlen8bezaheln8bezahhlen9bezahlenn9bezahllen9bezahlne8bezalhen8
Misspelling Variants of "bezahlen"

Frequency rank: #1,469 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bezahlen"?
"bezahlen" is spelled B-E-Z-A-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈt͡saːlən].
What does "bezahlen" mean?
As a verb, "bezahlen" means: jemandem für etwas einen bestimmten Geldbetrag geben
What words are commonly confused with "bezahlen"?
"bezahlen" is commonly confused with "bezahlt", "bezahlte", "bezahlst". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bezahlen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bezahlen" is [bəˈt͡saːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bezahlen" come from?
"bezahlen" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.