besetzter
[bəˈzɛt͡stɐ]
The verdict
“besetzter” is uncommon German (frequency #65,037 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,037
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs besetzt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | besetzter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈzɛt͡stɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “besetzter” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
besetzter is uncommon German at frequency #65,037 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈzɛt͡stɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for besetzter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is besetzter, spelled B-E-S-E-T-Z-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs besetzt
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs besetzt
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs besetzt
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs besetzt
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs besetzt
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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Using “besetzter”
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- The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-E-T-Z-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.