bestehen
[bəˈʃteːən]
The verdict
“bestehen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,221
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erfolgreich absolvieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-bestehen · bestehen · German
bestehen · rank #1,221 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,221
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH folgende
Nearest frequency peer: folgende (+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 “bestehen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wenigen
wenigen
98,784 corpus weight
- Arsch
Arsch
98,782 corpus weight
- bestehen
bestehen
98,780 corpus weight
- folgende
folgende
98,779 corpus weight
- gelesen
gelesen
98,777 corpus weight
- gesamte
gesamte
98,776 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bestehen” 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 | bestehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈʃteːən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “bestehen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around bestehen (IPA [bəˈʃteːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,221 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bestehen, with forms such as "bbestehen", "besethen", and "besstehen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "besten", "besteht", "Bestien", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bestehen, spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1erfolgreich absolvieren
- 2mit aus oder in und Dativ: zusammengesetzt sein, ausschließlich enthalten
- 3mit auf und Dativ, selten Akkusativ: sich für etwas stark machen, nachdrücklich fordern, auf etwas beharren
- 4existieren, erhalten bleiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bestehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat die Prüfung bestanden.
Nur der bußfertige Mann wird bestehen. (Filmzitat)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbestehen
- besethen
- besstehen
- besteehn
- bestehenn
- bestehhen
- bestehne
- bestheen
- besttehen
- betsehen
- bsetehen
- ebstehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bestehen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bestehen", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "bestehen". Here's where to go from here.
- "bestehen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "besten". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,221 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.