bestärken

[bəˈʃtɛʁkn̩]

/[bəˈʃtɛʁkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“bestärken” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,403
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden in einer Haltung, einem Vorhaben stützen und ermutigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bestarken · bestärken · German

bestärken · rank #37,403 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,403
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bestohlen

Nearest frequency peer: bestohlen (-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 „bestärken“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „bestärken“ 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).

bestärken vs bestärkt
78% similar
bestärken vs bestaunen
67% similar
bestärken vs bestanden
67% similar

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

Key facts for bestärken
PropertyValue
Headwordbestärken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃtɛʁkn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,403
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bestärken“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bestärkenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bestohlen“ (#37,402), „besänftigen“ (#37,404), „Bevölkerungsschichten“ (#37,405). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bestärken“ bei #37,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around bestärken (IPA [bəˈʃtɛʁkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,403 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for bestärken, with forms such as "bbestärken", "besstärken", and "besträken". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bestärkt", "bestaunen", "bestanden", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is bestärken, spelled B-E-S-T-Ä-R-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden in einer Haltung, einem Vorhaben stützen und ermutigen
  2. 2
    etwas bestärkt sich: stärker werden
  3. 3
    ein Resultat sicherer werden lassen; verstärken, fördern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bestärken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich bestärkte ihn in seinem Wunsch eine Weltreise zu machen.
  2. Wir müssen sie jetzt darin bestärken, dass sie völlig richtig gehandelt hat.

Synonyms

unterstützen

This word in other languages

encourage(English)apoyar(Español)encourager(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbestärken
  • besstärken
  • besträken
  • besttärken
  • bestäkren
  • bestärekn
  • bestärkenn
  • bestärkken
  • bestärkne
  • bestärrken
  • besätrken
  • betsärken
  • bsetärken
  • ebstärken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bestärken - 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.

bbestärken1besstärken1besträken2besttärken1bestäkren2bestärekn2bestärkenn1bestärkken1
Edit distance from "bestärken"

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 "bestärken"?
"bestärken" is spelled B-E-S-T-Ä-R-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃtɛʁkn̩].
What does "bestärken" mean?
As a verb, "bestärken" means: jemanden in einer Haltung, einem Vorhaben stützen und ermutigen
What words are commonly confused with "bestärken"?
"bestärken" is commonly confused with "bestärkt", "bestaunen", "bestanden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bestärken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestärken" is [bəˈʃtɛʁkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestärken" come from?
"bestärken" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bestohlen#37,402beschwört#37,400befindest#37,394beachtete#37,390

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

bräunlich14 variantsBallbesitz14 variantsDiskurses14 variantsangerührt14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list