besonnen

[bəˈzɔnən]

/[bəˈzɔnən]/ adj

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The verdict

“besonnen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,465
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Bedacht handelnd, nüchtern/überlegt reagierend

Corpus desk

Index DE-besonnen · besonnen · German

besonnen · rank #31,465 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,465
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beschämt

Nearest frequency peer: beschämt (-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 „besonnen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „besonnen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

besonnen vs betonen
75% similar
besonnen vs besorgen
75% similar
besonnen vs betonten
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for besonnen
PropertyValue
Headwordbesonnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈzɔnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,465
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „besonnen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).besonnenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „beschämt“ (#31,464), „bessert“ (#31,466), „Beschriftung“ (#31,463). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „besonnen“ bei #31,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around besonnen (IPA [bəˈzɔnən]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,465 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mit Bedacht handelnd, nüchtern/überlegt reagierend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for besonnen, with forms such as "bbesonnen", "beosnnen", and "besnonen". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "betonen", "besorgen", "betonten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is besonnen, spelled B-E-S-O-N-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Bedacht handelnd, nüchtern/überlegt reagierend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how besonnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Denke lieber besonnen als unbedacht.
  2. „Die Hausherrin war offensichtlich alleine zu Hause, was mir nicht passte, weil sie uninteressanter und besonnener war als ihr Ehemann.“

Synonyms

vernünftig

Antonyms

dummunbedachtunvernünftig

This word in other languages

considerate(English)considerado(Español)considéré(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbesonnen
  • beosnnen
  • besnonen
  • besonen
  • besonenn
  • besonnenn
  • besonnne
  • bessonnen
  • bseonnen
  • ebsonnen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of besonnen - 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.

bbesonnen1beosnnen2besnonen2besonen1besonenn2besonnenn1besonnne2bessonnen1
Edit distance from "besonnen"

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 "besonnen"?
"besonnen" is spelled B-E-S-O-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈzɔnən].
What does "besonnen" mean?
As an adjective, "besonnen" means: mit Bedacht handelnd, nüchtern/überlegt reagierend
What words are commonly confused with "besonnen"?
"besonnen" is commonly confused with "betonen", "besorgen", "betonten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "besonnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besonnen" is [bəˈzɔnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besonnen" come from?
"besonnen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beschämt#31,464bezogene#31,470bekehren#31,459Bildchen#31,471

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

bessert10 variantsBriefes10 variantsArtemis10 variantsCoupons10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list