bestehe

[bəˈʃteːə]

/[bəˈʃteːə]/ verb

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The verdict

“bestehe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,052
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-bestehe · bestehe · German

bestehe · rank #10,052 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,052
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bereicherung

Nearest frequency peer: Bereicherung (-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 „bestehe“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „bestehe“ 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).

bestehe vs besten
71% similar
bestehe vs bester
71% similar
bestehe vs bestes
71% similar

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

Key facts for bestehe
PropertyValue
Headwordbestehe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃteːə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,052
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bestehe“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.besteheliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bereicherung“ (#10,051), „Betriebssystem“ (#10,053), „beliebigen“ (#10,050). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bestehe“ bei #10,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bestehe (IPA [bəˈʃteːə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,052 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bestehe, with forms such as "bbestehe", "besethe", and "besstehe". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "besten", "bester", "bestes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bestehe, spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbestehe
  • besethe
  • besstehe
  • besteeh
  • bestehhe
  • besthee
  • besttehe
  • betsehe
  • bsetehe
  • ebstehe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbestehe1besethe2besstehe1besteeh2bestehhe1besthee2besttehe1betsehe2
Edit distance from "bestehe"

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 "bestehe"?
"bestehe" is spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃteːə].
What does "bestehe" mean?
As a verb, "bestehe" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bestehen
What words are commonly confused with "bestehe"?
"bestehe" is commonly confused with "besten", "bester", "bestes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bestehe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestehe" is [bəˈʃteːə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestehe" come from?
"bestehe" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Ökonomie10 variantsfortuna10 variantsUnruhen10 variantsstellst10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list