mitbekommen

[ˈmɪtbəˌkɔmən]

/[ˈmɪtbəˌkɔmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“mitbekommen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,981
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (ohne Gegenleistung) zur Mitnahme erhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-mitbekommen · mitbekommen · German

mitbekommen · rank #5,981 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,981
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Migration

Nearest frequency peer: Migration (-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 „mitbekommen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „mitbekommen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mitbekommen vs mitkommen
82% similar
mitbekommen vs mitbekommt
82% similar
mitbekommen vs mitgenommen
82% similar

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

Key facts for mitbekommen
PropertyValue
Headwordmitbekommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmɪtbəˌkɔmən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,981
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „mitbekommen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.mitbekommenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Migration“ (#5,980), „mitgenommen“ (#5,982), „logisch“ (#5,979). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mitbekommen“ bei #5,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around mitbekommen (IPA [ˈmɪtbəˌkɔmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,981 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for mitbekommen, with forms such as "imtbekommen", "mibtekommen", and "mitbbekommen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mitkommen", "mitbekommt", "mitgenommen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is mitbekommen, spelled M-I-T-B-E-K-O-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (ohne Gegenleistung) zur Mitnahme erhalten
  2. 2
    zur Kenntnis nehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Taduhepa hätte dann, als Amenophis IV. sie noch ganz »frisch« übernahm, eine völlig feminin geartete Mitgift mitbekommen, nämlich […].“
  2. „Frauen haben eine viel größere Mitgift an Muttervorbildern mitbekommen als Männer an Vatervorbildern.“

This word in other languages

given(English)saisir(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imtbekommen
  • mibtekommen
  • mitbbekommen
  • mitbekkommen
  • mitbekmomen
  • mitbekomemn
  • mitbekomen
  • mitbekommenn
  • mitbekommne
  • mitbeokmmen
  • mitbkeommen
  • mitebkommen
  • mittbekommen
  • mmitbekommen
  • mtibekommen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imtbekommen2mibtekommen2mitbbekommen1mitbekkommen1mitbekmomen2mitbekomemn2mitbekomen1mitbekommenn1
Edit distance from "mitbekommen"

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 "mitbekommen"?
"mitbekommen" is spelled M-I-T-B-E-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtbəˌkɔmən].
What does "mitbekommen" mean?
As a verb, "mitbekommen" means: (ohne Gegenleistung) zur Mitnahme erhalten
What words are commonly confused with "mitbekommen"?
"mitbekommen" is commonly confused with "mitkommen", "mitbekommt", "mitgenommen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mitbekommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitbekommen" is [ˈmɪtbəˌkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mitbekommen" come from?
"mitbekommen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mitgenommen#5,982Mitternacht#5,984Restaurants#5,998Transparenz#6,014

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list