besagt

/[bəˈzaːkt]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,686

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

besagt is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besagen Pronounced [bəˈzaːkt]. It ranks #8,686 in German word frequency. Often confused with beugt and bewegt.

Key facts for besagt
PropertyValue
Headwordbesagt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈzaːkt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,686
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of besagt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for besagt is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈzaːkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,686 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besagen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for besagt, with forms such as "bbesagt", "beasgt", and "besaggt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "beugt", "bewegt", "beträgt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is besagt, spelled B-E-S-A-G-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besagen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbesagt,beasgt,besaggt,besagtt,besatg,besgat,bessagt,bseagt,ebsagt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for besagt

Misspelling Variants of "besagt"

bbesagt7beasgt6besaggt7besagtt7besatg6besgat6bessagt7bseagt6
Misspelling Variants of "besagt"

Frequency rank: #8,686 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "besagt"?
"besagt" is spelled B-E-S-A-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈzaːkt].
What does "besagt" mean?
As a verb, "besagt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besagen
What words are commonly confused with "besagt"?
"besagt" is commonly confused with "beugt", "bewegt", "beträgt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "besagt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besagt" is [bəˈzaːkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besagt" come from?
"besagt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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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.