besserte
[ˈbɛsɐtə]
The verdict
“besserte” is uncommon German (frequency #62,240 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,240
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bessern
Corpus desk
Index DE-besserte · besserte · German
besserte · rank #62,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,240
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH bestandener
Nearest frequency peer: bestandener (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “besserte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Beschuldigu…
Beschuldigung
37,764 corpus weight
- beschütze
beschütze
37,763 corpus weight
- besserte
besserte
37,761 corpus weight
- bestandener
bestandener
37,760 corpus weight
- bestehst
bestehst
37,759 corpus weight
- betriebswir…
betriebswirtschaftlich
37,758 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “besserte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | besserte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbɛsɐtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “besserte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
besserte is uncommon German at frequency #62,240 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbɛsɐtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for besserte in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is besserte, spelled B-E-S-S-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bessern
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bessern
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bessern
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bessern
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.