befestigt
[bəˈfɛstɪçt]
The verdict
“befestigt” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,578
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs befestigen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | befestigt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈfɛstɪçt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “befestigt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around befestigt (IPA [bəˈfɛstɪçt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,578 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs befestigen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for befestigt, with forms such as "bbefestigt", "beefstigt", and "befesitgt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "beseitigt", "belästigt", "befestigte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is befestigt, spelled B-E-F-E-S-T-I-G-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs befestigen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbefestigt
- beefstigt
- befesitgt
- befesstigt
- befestgit
- befestiggt
- befestigtt
- befestitg
- befesttigt
- befetsigt
- beffestigt
- befsetigt
- bfeestigt
- ebfestigt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of befestigt - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “befestigt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-F-E-S-T-I-G-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈfɛstɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “beseitigt” - see the side-by-side comparison. befestigt vs beseitigt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.