besetzen
[bəˈzɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“besetzen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,729
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Ort belegen, einen Platz einnehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-besetzen · besetzen · German
besetzen · rank #7,729 · 11 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,729
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH beseitigt
Nearest frequency peer: beseitigt (-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 „besetzen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Benutzer
Benutzer
92,274 corpus weight
- beseitigt
beseitigt
92,273 corpus weight
- besetzen
besetzen
92,272 corpus weight
- Besonderhei…
Besonderheiten
92,271 corpus weight
- bewirken
bewirken
92,270 corpus weight
- bravo
bravo
92,269 corpus weight
What this shows „besetzen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | besetzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈzɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „besetzen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around besetzen (IPA [bəˈzɛt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,729 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for besetzen, with forms such as "bbesetzen", "beestzen", and "besetezn". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "besten", "besetzt", "besitze", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is besetzen, spelled B-E-S-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Ort belegen, einen Platz einnehmen
- 2etwas bestücken, etwas mit etwas versehen, etwas auf etwas befestigen
- 3ein Gebiet militärisch unterwerfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how besetzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich besetze im Kino immer nur den besten Platz.
Entschuldigen Sie, aber dieser Stuhl ist bereits besetzt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbesetzen
- beestzen
- besetezn
- besetzenn
- besetzne
- besetzzen
- besezten
- bessetzen
- bestezen
- bseetzen
- ebsetzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of besetzen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "besetzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).