besichtigen
[bəˈzɪçtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“besichtigen” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,106
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an einen bestimmten Ort gehen und etwas (genau) ansehen, um es kennenzulernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-besichtigen · besichtigen · German
besichtigen · rank #13,106 · 17 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,106
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bender
Nearest frequency peer: Bender (-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 „besichtigen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Banane
Banane
86,898 corpus weight
- bekleidet
bekleidet
86,897 corpus weight
- Bender
Bender
86,896 corpus weight
- besichtigen
besichtigen
86,895 corpus weight
- betritt
betritt
86,894 corpus weight
- blond
blond
86,893 corpus weight
What this shows „besichtigen“ 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 | besichtigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈzɪçtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #13,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „besichtigen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around besichtigen (IPA [bəˈzɪçtɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,106 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "an einen bestimmten Ort gehen und etwas (genau) ansehen, um es kennenzulernen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for besichtigen, with forms such as "bbesichtigen", "beischtigen", and "bescihtigen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "besichtigt", "Besichtigung", "berichtigen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is besichtigen, spelled B-E-S-I-C-H-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1an einen bestimmten Ort gehen und etwas (genau) ansehen, um es kennenzulernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how besichtigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn Sie Zeit haben, dann besichtigen Sie auch die Altstadt.
„Und außerdem konnte ich jetzt, da meine Ruhe sowieso beeinträchtigt und es noch nicht zu heiß war, die Gelegenheit nutzen, die Sehenswürdigkeiten Jerichos zu besichtigen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbesichtigen
- beischtigen
- bescihtigen
- besicchtigen
- besichhtigen
- besichitgen
- besichtgien
- besichtiegn
- besichtigenn
- besichtiggen
- besichtigne
- besichttigen
- besicthigen
- besihctigen
- bessichtigen
- bseichtigen
- ebsichtigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of besichtigen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "besichtigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).