Beisetzung
[ˈbaɪ̯ˌzɛt͡sʊŋ]
The verdict
“Beisetzung” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #35,092 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,092
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bestattung der sterblichen Überreste
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 | Beisetzung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaɪ̯ˌzɛt͡sʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #35,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Beisetzung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Beisetzung is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaɪ̯ˌzɛt͡sʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,092 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bestattung der sterblichen Überreste".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Beisetzung, with forms such as "bbeisetzung", "beiestzung", and "beisettzung". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Besetzung", "Besatzung", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Beisetzung, spelled B-E-I-S-E-T-Z-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Bestattung der sterblichen Überreste
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbeisetzung,beiestzung,beisettzung,beisetuzng,beisetznug,beisetzugn,beisetzungg,beisetzunng,beisetzzung,beiseztung,beissetzung,beistezung,besietzung,biesetzung,ebisetzung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Beisetzung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Beisetzung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-I-S-E-T-Z-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbaɪ̯ˌzɛt͡sʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Besetzung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Beisetzung vs Besetzung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.