besoffen
[bəˈzɔfn̩]
The verdict
“besoffen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,612
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu viel Alkohol getrunken habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-besoffen · besoffen · German
besoffen · rank #11,612 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,612
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bergbau
Nearest frequency peer: Bergbau (-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 “besoffen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- beliebige
beliebige
88,391 corpus weight
- Bergbau
Bergbau
88,390 corpus weight
- besoffen
besoffen
88,389 corpus weight
- bestände
bestände
88,388 corpus weight
- Blei
Blei
88,387 corpus weight
- blickte
blickte
88,386 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “besoffen” 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 | besoffen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈzɔfn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “besoffen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around besoffen (IPA [bəˈzɔfn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,612 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zu viel Alkohol getrunken habend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for besoffen, with forms such as "bbesoffen", "beosffen", and "besfofen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "besorgen", "beworfen", "besonnen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is besoffen, spelled B-E-S-O-F-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1zu viel Alkohol getrunken habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how besoffen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Besoffen zu sein bringt nur Nachteile.
„Am Tresen saßen zwei besoffene Männer und eine grönländische Frau, die allesamt mit leeren Augen in die Vergangenheit starrten.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbesoffen
- beosffen
- besfofen
- besofefn
- besofen
- besoffenn
- besoffne
- bessoffen
- bseoffen
- ebsoffen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of besoffen - 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 "besoffen", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "besoffen" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "besorgen". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,612 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.