billigen

/[ˈbɪlɪɡn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,338

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

billigen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas befürworten, begrüßen, gutheißen Pronounced [ˈbɪlɪɡn̩]. It ranks #9,338 in German word frequency. Often confused with Billion and billigt.

Key facts for billigen
PropertyValue
Headwordbilligen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbɪlɪɡn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,338
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for billigen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɪlɪɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,338 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for billigen, with forms such as "bbilligen", "biligen", and "bililgen". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Billion", "billigt", "billiger", 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 billigen, spelled B-I-L-L-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas befürworten, begrüßen, gutheißen
  2. 2
    etwas genehmigen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbilligen,biligen,bililgen,billgien,billiegn,billigenn,billiggen,billigne,bliligen,iblligen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for billigen

Misspelling Variants of "billigen"

bbilligen9biligen7bililgen8billgien8billiegn8billigenn9billiggen9billigne8
Misspelling Variants of "billigen"

Frequency rank: #9,338 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "billigen"?
"billigen" is spelled B-I-L-L-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɪlɪɡn̩].
What does "billigen" mean?
As a verb, "billigen" means: etwas befürworten, begrüßen, gutheißen
What words are commonly confused with "billigen"?
"billigen" is commonly confused with "Billion", "billigt", "billiger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "billigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "billigen" is [ˈbɪlɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "billigen" come from?
"billigen" 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.