bekümmern
\bəˈkʏmɐn\
The verdict
“bekümmern” 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) - Affliger, peiner, chagriner, contrister, désoler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bekummern · bekümmern · French
bekümmern · 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 | bekümmern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈkʏmɐn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bekümmern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈkʏmɐn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Affliger, peiner, chagriner, contrister, désoler.".
bekümmern has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 bekümmern, spelled B-E-K-Ü-M-M-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Affliger, peiner, chagriner, contrister, désoler.
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.