bestätigt

[bəˈʃtɛːtɪçt]

/[bəˈʃtɛːtɪçt]/ verb

The verdict

“bestätigt” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,542 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#1,542
frequency rank, German
9
letters
14
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bestätigen

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bestätigt vs betätigt
89% similar
bestätigt vs bestattet
67% similar
bestätigt vs betätigte
78% similar

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

Key facts for bestätigt
PropertyValue
Headwordbestätigt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃtɛːtɪçt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,542
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bestätigt” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bestätigt lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bestätigt is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃtɛːtɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,542 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bestätigen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for bestätigt, with forms such as "bbestätigt", "besstätigt", and "besttäigt". 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, "betätigt", "bestattet", "betätigte", 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 bestätigt, spelled B-E-S-T-Ä-T-I-G-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bestätigen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbestätigt,besstätigt,besttäigt,besttätigt,bestäitgt,bestätgit,bestätiggt,bestätigtt,bestätitg,bestättigt,besättigt,betsätigt,bsetätigt,ebstätigt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "bestätigt"

bbestätigt1besstätigt1besttäigt2besttätigt1bestäitgt2bestätgit2bestätiggt1bestätigtt1
Edit distance from "bestätigt"

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bestätigt"?
"bestätigt" is spelled B-E-S-T-Ä-T-I-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃtɛːtɪçt].
What does "bestätigt" mean?
As a verb, "bestätigt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bestätigen
What words are commonly confused with "bestätigt"?
"bestätigt" is commonly confused with "betätigt", "bestattet", "betätigte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bestätigt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestätigt" is [bəˈʃtɛːtɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestätigt" come from?
"bestätigt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “bestätigt”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-T-Ä-T-I-G-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [bəˈʃtɛːtɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “betätigt” - see the side-by-side comparison. bestätigt vs betätigt
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list