besorgt

[bəˈzɔʁkt]

/[bəˈzɔʁkt]/ adj

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The verdict

“besorgt” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,330. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,330
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um Hilfe und Unterstützung bemüht, voller Sorge

Corpus desk

Index DE-besorgt · besorgt · German

besorgt · rank #4,330 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,330
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH berührt

Nearest frequency peer: berührt (-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 „besorgt“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „besorgt“ 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).

besorgt vs besorgte
88% similar
besorgt vs besorgten
78% similar
besorgt vs besorgter
78% similar

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

Key facts for besorgt
PropertyValue
Headwordbesorgt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈzɔʁkt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,330
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „besorgt“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).besorgtliegt 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: „berührt“ (#4,329), „betreibt“ (#4,331), „Belastung“ (#4,328). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „besorgt“ bei #4,330. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around besorgt (IPA [bəˈzɔʁkt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,330 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "um Hilfe und Unterstützung bemüht, voller Sorge".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for besorgt, with forms such as "bbesorgt", "beosrgt", and "besogrt". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "besorgte", "besorgten", "besorgter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is besorgt, spelled B-E-S-O-R-G-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    um Hilfe und Unterstützung bemüht, voller Sorge

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die um ihre Kinder besorgten Eltern waren nicht zu beruhigen.
  2. „Das Landratsamt hatte Anfang Juni wegen der beiden Fälle zu einer Informationsveranstaltung eingeladen und Antworten auf Fragen besorgter Anwohner gegeben.“

Synonyms

bekümmert

This word in other languages

anxious(English)preocupado(Español)préoccupé(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbesorgt
  • beosrgt
  • besogrt
  • besorggt
  • besorgtt
  • besorrgt
  • besortg
  • besrogt
  • bessorgt
  • bseorgt
  • ebsorgt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbesorgt1beosrgt2besogrt2besorggt1besorgtt1besorrgt1besortg2besrogt2
Edit distance from "besorgt"

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 "besorgt"?
"besorgt" is spelled B-E-S-O-R-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈzɔʁkt].
What does "besorgt" mean?
As an adjective, "besorgt" means: um Hilfe und Unterstützung bemüht, voller Sorge
What words are commonly confused with "besorgt"?
"besorgt" is commonly confused with "besorgte", "besorgten", "besorgter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "besorgt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besorgt" is [bəˈzɔʁkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besorgt" come from?
"besorgt" 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 "besorgt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

berührt#4,329zitiert#4,320William#4,317verlegt#4,312

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

zeichnen11 variantsgemessen11 variantsGründer11 variantsPremiere11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list