bessere

[ˈbɛsəʁə]

/[ˈbɛsəʁə]/ verb

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The verdict

“bessere” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,585
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bessern

Corpus desk

Index DE-bessere · bessere · German

bessere · rank #1,585 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,585
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bekannten

Nearest frequency peer: Bekannten (-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 „bessere“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „bessere“ 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).

bessere vs bester
71% similar
bessere vs bestehe
71% similar
bessere vs bessern
86% similar

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

Key facts for bessere
PropertyValue
Headwordbessere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbɛsəʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,585
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bessere“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bekannten“ (#1,584), „Blut“ (#1,586), „Beiträge“ (#1,583). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bessere“ bei #1,585. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bessere (IPA [ˈbɛsəʁə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,585 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bessere, with forms such as "bbessere", "besere", and "besesre". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "bester", "bestehe", "bessern", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bessere, spelled B-E-S-S-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bessern
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bessern
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bessern
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bessern

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbessere
  • besere
  • besesre
  • besseer
  • besserre
  • bessree
  • beßere
  • bsesere
  • ebssere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bessere - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbessere1besere1besesre2besseer2besserre1bessree2beßere2bsesere2
Edit distance from "bessere"

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 "bessere"?
"bessere" is spelled B-E-S-S-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɛsəʁə].
What does "bessere" mean?
As a verb, "bessere" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bessern
What words are commonly confused with "bessere"?
"bessere" is commonly confused with "bester", "bestehe", "bessern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bessere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bessere" is [ˈbɛsəʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bessere" come from?
"bessere" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Andreas#1,580erlaubt#1,590Führung#1,593Spiegel#1,569

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fanden9 variantsGarten9 variantsGegner9 variantsGründe9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list