bemüht
\bəˈmyːt\
The verdict
“bemüht” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de bemühen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bemüht |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈmyːt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bemüht” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bemüht is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bəˈmyːt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
bemüht has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bemüht, spelled B-E-M-Ü-H-T.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de bemühen.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de bemühen.
- 3Participe passé de bemühen.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de bemühen.
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 “bemüht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-E-M-Ü-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bəˈmyːt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.