belegt

\bəˈleːkt\

/\bəˈleːkt\/ adj

The verdict

“belegt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Occupée, retenue, en parlant d'une place, d'un emplacement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-belegt · belegt · French

belegt · 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.

Key facts for belegt
PropertyValue
Headwordbelegt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bəˈleːkt\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « belegt » en français

belegtreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

belegt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bəˈleːkt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for belegt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is belegt, spelled B-E-L-E-G-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Occupée, retenue, en parlant d'une place, d'un emplacement.
  2. 2
    Chargée, en parlant de la langue (organe) ; enduite, recouvert en parlant d'une surface, tartiné.
  3. 3
    Voilée, éraillé, en parlant de la voix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how belegt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Alle Plätze sind belegt.
  2. Zum Frühstück werden belegte Brötchen serviert.

Synonyms

Antonyms

freiunbelegtunbesetzt

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "belegt"?
"belegt" is spelled B-E-L-E-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bəˈleːkt\.
What does "belegt" mean?
As an adjective, "belegt" means: Occupée, retenue, en parlant d'une place, d'un emplacement.
How do you pronounce "belegt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "belegt" is \bəˈleːkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "belegt" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list