besänftigt

[bəˈzɛnftɪçt]

/[bəˈzɛnftɪçt]/ verb

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The verdict

“besänftigt” is uncommon German (frequency #67,043 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,043
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs besänftigen

Key facts for besänftigt
PropertyValue
Headwordbesänftigt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈzɛnftɪçt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,043
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “besänftigt” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). besänftigt lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

besänftigt is uncommon German at frequency #67,043 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈzɛnftɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs besänftigen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for besänftigt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 besänftigt, spelled B-E-S-Ä-N-F-T-I-G-T.

Definition

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    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs besänftigen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "besänftigt"?
"besänftigt" is spelled B-E-S-Ä-N-F-T-I-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈzɛnftɪçt].
What does "besänftigt" mean?
As a verb, "besänftigt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs besänftigen
How do you pronounce "besänftigt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besänftigt" is [bəˈzɛnftɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besänftigt" come from?
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Using “besänftigt”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-Ä-N-F-T-I-G-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [bəˈzɛnftɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list