besänftigen
[bəˈzɛnftɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“besänftigen” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,404
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Zureden bewirken, dass jemandes innere Erregung langsam nachlässt und abklingt
Corpus desk
Index DE-besanftigen · besänftigen · German
besänftigen · rank #37,404 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,404
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bestärken
Nearest frequency peer: bestärken (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „besänftigen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- beschwört
beschwört
62,601 corpus weight
- bestohlen
bestohlen
62,599 corpus weight
- bestärken
bestärken
62,598 corpus weight
- besänftigen
besänftigen
62,597 corpus weight
- Bevölkerung…
Bevölkerungsschichten
62,596 corpus weight
- bewerfen
bewerfen
62,595 corpus weight
What this shows „besänftigen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | besänftigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈzɛnftɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #37,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „besänftigen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around besänftigen (IPA [bəˈzɛnftɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,404 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "durch Zureden bewirken, dass jemandes innere Erregung langsam nachlässt und abklingt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for besänftigen, with forms such as "bbesänftigen", "besnäftigen", and "bessänftigen". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is besänftigen, spelled B-E-S-Ä-N-F-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Zureden bewirken, dass jemandes innere Erregung langsam nachlässt und abklingt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how besänftigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit sanften Worten und einem Wiegenlied besänftige die Mutter ihren schreienden Säugling.
Der Pfleger versuchte, den aufgeregten Hengst zu besänftigen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbesänftigen
- besnäftigen
- bessänftigen
- besäfntigen
- besänfftigen
- besänfitgen
- besänftgien
- besänftiegn
- besänftigenn
- besänftiggen
- besänftigne
- besänfttigen
- besännftigen
- besäntfigen
- beäsnftigen
- bseänftigen
- ebsänftigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of besänftigen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "besänftigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).