entbehren

Name: entbehren, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɛntˈbeːʁən]

/[ɛntˈbeːʁən]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“entbehren” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,745
frequency rank, German: 4,632
“E” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Nichtvorhandensein einer Person beziehungsweise einer Sache als persönlichen Mangel empfindend erdulden müssen

Corpus desk

Index DE-entbehren · entbehren · German

entbehren · rank #35,745 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,745
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 4,632
PHOTO-FINISH entspanntes

Nearest frequency peer: entspanntes (+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.

embedded

64,259
empires

64,258
entbehren

64,256
entspanntes

64,255
erhebliches

64,254
erhört

64,253

What this shows „entbehren“ 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).

entbehren vs entgehen

78% similar

entbehren vs entbehrt

78% similar

entbehren vs entnehmen

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for entbehren
Property	Value
Headword	entbehren
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ɛntˈbeːʁən]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#35,745
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „entbehren“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).entbehrenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#35,745

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „entspanntes“ (#35,746), „empires“ (#35,743), „erhebliches“ (#35,747). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entbehren“ bei #35,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around entbehren (IPA [ɛntˈbeːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,745 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for entbehren, with forms such as "enbtehren", "enntbehren", and "entbbehren". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "entgehen", "entbehrt", "entnehmen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is entbehren, spelled E-N-T-B-E-H-R-E-N.

Definition

1
das Nichtvorhandensein einer Person beziehungsweise einer Sache als persönlichen Mangel empfindend erdulden müssen
2
nicht länger auf jemanden beziehungsweise etwas bestehen; ohne jemand beziehungsweise etwas Bestimmtes zurechtkommen
3
etwas für notwendig, vorteilhaft, passend, angenehm Erachtetes als fehlend, mangelnd empfinden; nicht besitzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

„Ich entbehre es sehr, mich über diese und tausend andere Fragen nicht mehr mit Ihnen, lieber Freund, aussprechen zu können.“
„Käthe, die seit Wochen dieses Lebensbedürfnis entbehren mußte, und nur den Geruch von Seife, Spülich oder Faßbutter gewöhnt war, fühlte sich jetzt wie berauscht, gleich einer Gefangenen, die plötzlich die Freiheit wieder erlangt.“

Synonyms

vermissen missen

Antonyms

auskosten prassen schwelgen besitzen haben

This word in other languages

miss(English)echar(Español)manquer(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

enbtehren
enntbehren
entbbehren
entbehern
entbehhren
entbehrenn
entbehrne
entbehrren
entberhen
entbheren
entebhren
enttbehren
etnbehren
netbehren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entbehren - 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.

Edit distance from "entbehren"

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 "entbehren"?

"entbehren" is spelled E-N-T-B-E-H-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈbeːʁən].

What does "entbehren" mean?

As a verb, "entbehren" means: das Nichtvorhandensein einer Person beziehungsweise einer Sache als persönlichen Mangel empfindend erdulden müssen

What words are commonly confused with "entbehren"?

"entbehren" is commonly confused with "entgehen", "entbehrt", "entnehmen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "entbehren"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entbehren" is [ɛntˈbeːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "entbehren" come from?

"entbehren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

elastisch#35,739 Eiswürfel#35,738 erstrahlt#35,752 Eurokrise#35,757

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Fachärzte14 variants einbezieht14 variants Eichsfeld14 variants Freistadt14 variants