beseelen
[bəˈzeːlən]
The verdict
“beseelen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein (positives) Gefühl mit Ausstrahlung (Seele) in etwas legen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beseelen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈzeːlən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beseelen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for beseelen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈzeːlən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for beseelen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 beseelen, spelled B-E-S-E-E-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein (positives) Gefühl mit Ausstrahlung (Seele) in etwas legen
- 2mit (positiven) Gefühlen, einer Idee, einem Glücksgefühl erfüllen
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “beseelen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-E-E-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈzeːlən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.