besiege

[bəˈziːɡə]

/[bəˈziːɡə]/ verb

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The verdict

“besiege” is uncommon German (frequency #96,733 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,733
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besiegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-besiege · besiege · German

besiege · rank #96,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,733
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beschaulich

Nearest frequency peer: beschaulich (-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 „besiege“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „besiege“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for besiege
PropertyValue
Headwordbesiege
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈziːɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „besiege“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.besiegefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beschaulich“ (#96,732), „Besigheim“ (#96,734), „Besprechungsraum“ (#96,735). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „besiege“ bei #96,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

besiege is uncommon German at frequency #96,733 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [bəˈziːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for besiege in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is besiege, spelled B-E-S-I-E-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besiegen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besiegen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besiegen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besiegen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "besiege"?
"besiege" is spelled B-E-S-I-E-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈziːɡə].
What does "besiege" mean?
As a verb, "besiege" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs besiegen
How do you pronounce "besiege"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besiege" is [bəˈziːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besiege" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "besiege", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

betören#96,738becomes#96,713Barmann#96,705Barbies#96,703

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list