Besitz
[bəˈzɪt͡s]
The verdict
“Besitz” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,383. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,383
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - tatsächliche Sachherrschaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-besitz · Besitz · German
Besitz · rank #2,383 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,383
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH besseren
Nearest frequency peer: besseren (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Besitz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Auflösung
Auflösung
97,621 corpus weight
- ausgezeichn…
ausgezeichnet
97,620 corpus weight
- Besitz
Besitz
97,618 corpus weight
- besseren
besseren
97,617 corpus weight
- Betrieben
Betrieben
97,616 corpus weight
- dasselbe
dasselbe
97,615 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Besitz” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Besitz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈzɪt͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Besitz” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Besitz (IPA [bəˈzɪt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,383 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Besitz, with forms such as "bbesitz", "beistz", and "besitzz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Betz", "beste", "Blitz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Besitz, spelled B-E-S-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1tatsächliche Sachherrschaft
- 2Eigentum
- 3das gesamte Eigentum einer Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Besitz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dass der Besitz nach § 857 BGB auf den Erben übergeht, ist eine gesetzliche Fiktion.
„Körperliche, bewegliche Sachen werden durch physische Ergreifung, Wegführung oder Verwahrung; unbewegliche aber durch Betretung, Verrainung, Einzäunung, Bezeichnung oder Bearbeitung in Besitz genommen. In den Besitz unkörperlicher Sachen oder Rechte kommt man durch den Gebrauch derselben im eigenen Nahmen [sic!].“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbesitz
- beistz
- besitzz
- besizt
- bessitz
- bestiz
- bseitz
- ebsitz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Besitz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Besitz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.