behäbig
\bəˈhɛːbɪç\
The verdict
“behäbig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lent, maladroit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-behabig · behäbig · French
behäbig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | behäbig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bəˈhɛːbɪç\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « behäbig » en français
Rare enough to double-check
behäbig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bəˈhɛːbɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lent, maladroit.".
behäbig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 behäbig, spelled B-E-H-Ä-B-I-G.
Definition
- 1Lent, maladroit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how behäbig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unvergessen ist die kilometerlange Panzerkolonne, mit der Kiew eingenommen werden sollte, die aber so behäbig und schlecht organisiert war, dass sie tagelang nicht vorwärtskam.
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.