Behörde
\bəˈhøːɐ̯də\
The verdict
“Behörde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Administration, (institution étatique).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Behörde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bəˈhøːɐ̯də\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Behörde” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Behörde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bəˈhøːɐ̯də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Administration, (institution étatique).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Behörde in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Behörde, spelled B-E-H-Ö-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Administration, (institution étatique).
Synonyms
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 “Behörde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-E-H-Ö-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.