Beginn
\bəˈɡɪn\
The verdict
“Beginn” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commencement, début.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beginn · Beginn · French
Beginn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Beginn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bəˈɡɪn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Beginn is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bəˈɡɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commencement, début.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Beginn, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Beginn, spelled B-E-G-I-N-N.
Definition
- 1Commencement, début.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Beginn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Beginn der „Ära Schröder“ war in Deutschland am 27. Oktober 1998, als er zum Bundeskanzler gewählt wurde.
Der umstrittene Einstieg des chinesischen Staatskonzerns Cosco bei einem Hamburger Container-Terminal ist rund zwei Jahre nach Beginn der Verhandlungen unter Dach und Fach.
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.