bestände
[bəˈʃtɛndə]
The verdict
“bestände” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,613. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,613
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bestehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bestande · bestände · German
bestände · rank #11,613 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,613
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH besoffen
Nearest frequency peer: besoffen (-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 “bestände”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- beliebige
beliebige
88,391 corpus weight
- Bergbau
Bergbau
88,390 corpus weight
- besoffen
besoffen
88,389 corpus weight
- bestände
bestände
88,388 corpus weight
- Blei
Blei
88,387 corpus weight
- blickte
blickte
88,386 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bestände” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bestände |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃtɛndə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bestände” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around bestände (IPA [bəˈʃtɛndə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,613 among 72,680 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bestände, with forms such as "bbestände", "besstände", and "bestnäde". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bestünde", "bestanden", "beständig", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 bestände, spelled B-E-S-T-Ä-N-D-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bestehen
- 23. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bestehen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbestände
- besstände
- bestnäde
- besttände
- bestädne
- beständde
- bestäned
- bestännde
- besätnde
- betsände
- bsetände
- ebstände
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bestände - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bestände", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.