bespritzt

[bəˈʃpʁɪt͡st]

/[bəˈʃpʁɪt͡st]/ adj

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The verdict

“bespritzt” is uncommon German (frequency #73,308 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,308
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch eine Flüssigkeit befeuchtet oder nass gemacht;

Corpus desk

Index DE-bespritzt · bespritzt · German

bespritzt · rank #73,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,308
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beschwichtigt

Nearest frequency peer: beschwichtigt (-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 „bespritzt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bespritzt
PropertyValue
Headwordbespritzt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈʃpʁɪt͡st]
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,308
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bespritzt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beschwichtigt“ (#73,307), „Bessel“ (#73,309), „Bescheinigungen“ (#73,306). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bespritzt“ bei #73,308. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bespritzt is uncommon German at frequency #73,308 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈʃpʁɪt͡st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bespritzt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 bespritzt, spelled B-E-S-P-R-I-T-Z-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch eine Flüssigkeit befeuchtet oder nass gemacht;
  2. 2
    durch eine Flüssigkeit befeuchtet oder nass gemacht;
  3. 3
    durch eine Flüssigkeit beschmutzt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „K. Meier fand in Äpfeln von nicht bespritzten Bäumen je Kilogramm 0,1–0,8 mg As und 0–0,4 mg Pb, […].“
  2. „[…] man wird auf alle Fälle der Forderung von C. von der Heide und Hennigs beipflichten, dass mit Arsen bespritzte Trauben auf keinen Fall zu Süßmost verarbeitet (noch weniger als Tafelobst verkauft) werden dürfen.“

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 "bespritzt"?
"bespritzt" is spelled B-E-S-P-R-I-T-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃpʁɪt͡st].
What does "bespritzt" mean?
As an adjective, "bespritzt" means: durch eine Flüssigkeit befeuchtet oder nass gemacht;
How do you pronounce "bespritzt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bespritzt" is [bəˈʃpʁɪt͡st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bespritzt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

berittene#73,304benannter#73,302bebildert#73,292blühendes#73,326

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list