anbetteln
\ˈanˌbɛtl̩n\
The verdict
“anbetteln” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transitif Mendier (à quelqu'un).
Corpus desk
Index FR-anbetteln · anbetteln · French
anbetteln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anbetteln |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈanˌbɛtl̩n\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
anbetteln is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈanˌbɛtl̩n\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "transitif Mendier (à quelqu'un).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for anbetteln, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is anbetteln, spelled A-N-B-E-T-T-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1transitif Mendier (à quelqu'un).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anbetteln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist Journalist. Und ich bin eine berühmte, für ihre Unnahbarkeit berüchtigte Autorin, die seit Jahren von allen großen europäischen Zeitschriften und Sendern förmlich um ein Interview angebettelt wird. Besonders wenn ein neues Buch erscheint.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.