bedrängen
\bəˈdʁɛŋən\
The verdict
“bedrängen” 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) - Harceler, tourmenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bedrangen · bedrängen · French
bedrängen · 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 "B" 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 | bedrängen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈdʁɛŋən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bedrängen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bedrängen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈdʁɛŋən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Harceler, tourmenter.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bedrängen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bedrängen, spelled B-E-D-R-Ä-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Harceler, tourmenter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bedrängen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Verlangen, seine Tristesse, seine Ängste haben nach und nach dazu geführt, dass André alle Vorsicht fahrenließ, und zuweilen hatte er sie auf linkische Weise bedrängt. Aber gibt es ein geschicktes Bedrängen?
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.