bedienen
\bəˈdiːnən\
The verdict
“bedienen” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Servir. (suivi de l’accusatif)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bedienen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈdiːnən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bedienen” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bedienen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bəˈdiːnən\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
bedienen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bedienen, spelled B-E-D-I-E-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Servir. (suivi de l’accusatif)
- 2Se servir.
- 3Manœuvrer, conduire, faire fonctionner (une machine). (suivi de l’accusatif)
- 4Rembourser de façon régulière, honorer. (suivi de l’accusatif)
- 5Fournir au jeu de cartes. (Mettre la carte prévue par la règle du jeu).
- 6Passer, servir un ballon, une balle à un coéquipier.
- 7Répondre, servir, satisfaire (un besoin, un goût, une préférence).
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.
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Using “bedienen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-E-D-I-E-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bəˈdiːnən\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.