Besatz
[bəˈzat͡s]
The verdict
“Besatz” is uncommon German (frequency #73,305 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,305
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an Kleidungsstücken angebrachte Verzierungen wie Spitzen, Bänder, Fransen, Rüschen etc.
Corpus desk
Index DE-besatz · Besatz · German
Besatz · rank #73,305 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,305
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH berittene
Nearest frequency peer: berittene (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Besatz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- benannter
benannter
26,699 corpus weight
- berittene
berittene
26,697 corpus weight
- Besatz
Besatz
26,696 corpus weight
- Bescheinigu…
Bescheinigungen
26,695 corpus weight
- beschwichti…
beschwichtigt
26,694 corpus weight
- bespritzt
bespritzt
26,693 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Besatz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Besatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈzat͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Besatz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Besatz is uncommon German at frequency #73,305 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈzat͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Besatz in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Besatz, spelled B-E-S-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1an Kleidungsstücken angebrachte Verzierungen wie Spitzen, Bänder, Fransen, Rüschen etc.
- 2Bestand an Tieren in einem bestimmten Bereich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Besatz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Richterroben und Anwaltsroben sind in Deutschland normalerweise schwarz und unterscheiden sich dadurch, dass der Besatz der Anwaltsrobe aus Seide und der Besatz der Richterrobe aus Samt gearbeitet ist.“
„Es war aus einem Lyoneser Stoff des laufenden Jahres, und so war das Muster ganz neuartig; aber der Besatz, dessen Preis Agata nicht erfuhr, bestand aus Spitzen aus Alençon.“
This word in other languages
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).