bezeichnen
[bəˈt͡saɪ̯çnən]
The verdict
“bezeichnen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,807 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,807
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemandem oder etwas einen Namen geben, jemanden benennen
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 | bezeichnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈt͡saɪ̯çnən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bezeichnen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bezeichnen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,807 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for bezeichnen, with forms such as "bbezeichnen", "beezichnen", and "bezecihnen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bezeichnet", "Bezeichnung", "bezeichnete", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bezeichnen, spelled B-E-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem oder etwas einen Namen geben, jemanden benennen
- 2in bestimmter Weise kennzeichnen; durch ein Symbol erkennbar machen
- 3eine Sache ausmachen, für etwas typisch sein
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbezeichnen,beezichnen,bezecihnen,bezeicchnen,bezeichenn,bezeichhnen,bezeichnenn,bezeichnne,bezeichnnen,bezeicnhen,bezeihcnen,beziechnen,bezzeichnen,bzeeichnen,ebzeichnen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bezeichnen - 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 “bezeichnen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈt͡saɪ̯çnən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bezeichnet” - see the side-by-side comparison. bezeichnen vs bezeichnet
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.