bezichtigen

[bəˈt͡sɪçtɪɡn̩]

/[bəˈt͡sɪçtɪɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“bezichtigen” is uncommon German (frequency #72,232 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,232
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist jemanden einer Sache bzw. eines Verbrechens beschuldigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bezichtigen · bezichtigen · German

bezichtigen · rank #72,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,232
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beträchtliches

Nearest frequency peer: beträchtliches (-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 „bezichtigen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bezichtigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bezichtigen
PropertyValue
Headwordbezichtigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈt͡sɪçtɪɡn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,232
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bezichtigen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bezichtigenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beträchtliches“ (#72,231), „BGL“ (#72,233), „Bestrafungen“ (#72,230). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bezichtigen“ bei #72,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bezichtigen is uncommon German at frequency #72,232 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈt͡sɪçtɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist jemanden einer Sache bzw. eines Verbrechens beschuldigen".

bezichtigen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bezichtigen, spelled B-E-Z-I-C-H-T-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist jemanden einer Sache bzw. eines Verbrechens beschuldigen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bezichtigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Bezirk und Senatswirtschaftsverwaltung bezichtigten sich gegenseitig, die zügige Bearbeitung des Vorhabens zu verschleppen.“
  2. Ich lasse mich hier doch nicht des Diebstahles bezichtigen!

Synonyms

beschuldigenanschuldigen

This word in other languages

accuse(English)imputar(Español)accuser(Français)acusar(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bezichtigen"?
"bezichtigen" is spelled B-E-Z-I-C-H-T-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈt͡sɪçtɪɡn̩].
What does "bezichtigen" mean?
As a verb, "bezichtigen" means: meist jemanden einer Sache bzw. eines Verbrechens beschuldigen
How do you pronounce "bezichtigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bezichtigen" is [bəˈt͡sɪçtɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bezichtigen" come from?
"bezichtigen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bezichtigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bomberjacke#72,244begrifflich#72,208befindenden#72,207Bauchredner#72,200

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list