bezahlen
[bəˈt͡saːlən]
The verdict
“bezahlen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,469
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem für etwas einen bestimmten Geldbetrag geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-bezahlen · bezahlen · German
bezahlen · rank #1,469 · 12 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,469
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Autor
Nearest frequency peer: Autor (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bezahlen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zuhause
Zuhause
98,535 corpus weight
- ans
ans
98,534 corpus weight
- Autor
Autor
98,533 corpus weight
- bezahlen
bezahlen
98,532 corpus weight
- brauche
brauche
98,531 corpus weight
- Dienst
Dienst
98,530 corpus weight
What this shows „bezahlen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bezahlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈt͡saːlən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bezahlen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around bezahlen (IPA [bəˈt͡saːlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,469 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bezahlen, with forms such as "bbezahlen", "beazhlen", and "bezaheln". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "bezahlt", "bezahlte", "bezahlst", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bezahlen, spelled B-E-Z-A-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem für etwas einen bestimmten Geldbetrag geben
- 2jemandem für geleistete Arbeit Geld geben
- 3für etwas (zum Beispiel den Kauf einer Sache) Geld ausgeben
- 4eine Verbindlichkeit/Schuld begleichen; jemanden das Geld geben, das ihm zusteht
- 5für jemanden Geld ausgeben, jemandem etwas spendieren
- 6für etwas büßen, eine Strafe auf sich nehmen
- 7von Nutzen, Vorteil sein; sich lohnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bezahlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für den Stapel Bücher hat er ihr 50 Euro bezahlt.
Er war bereit, diesen hohen Betrag zu bezahlen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbezahlen
- beazhlen
- bezaheln
- bezahhlen
- bezahlenn
- bezahllen
- bezahlne
- bezalhen
- bezhalen
- bezzahlen
- bzeahlen
- ebzahlen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bezahlen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bezahlen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).