Bessel
[ˈbɛsl̩]
The verdict
“Bessel” is uncommon German (frequency #73,309 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,309
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bessel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛsl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bessel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bessel is uncommon German at frequency #73,309 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbɛsl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bessel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bessel, spelled B-E-S-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
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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Using “Bessel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-S-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.