bessere

/[ˈbɛsəʁə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,585

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

bessere is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bessern Pronounced [ˈbɛsəʁə]. It ranks #1,585 in German word frequency. Often confused with bester and bestehe.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bessere in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bessere is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɛsəʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,585 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bessere, with forms such as "bbessere", "besere", and "besesre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "bester", "bestehe", "bessern", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is bessere, spelled B-E-S-S-E-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bessere

Misspelling Variants of "bessere"

bbessere8besere6besesre7besseer7besserre8bessree7beßere6bsesere7
Misspelling Variants of "bessere"

Frequency rank: #1,585 in German

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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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.