bestehende

[bəˈʃteːəndə]

/[bəˈʃteːəndə]/ adj

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The verdict

“bestehende” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,874. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,874
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-bestehende · bestehende · German

bestehende · rank #3,874 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,874
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bestandteil

Nearest frequency peer: Bestandteil (-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 „bestehende“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „bestehende“ 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).

bestehende vs bestehenden
91% similar
bestehende vs bestehender
91% similar
bestehende vs bestehendes
91% similar

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

Key facts for bestehende
PropertyValue
Headwordbestehende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈʃteːəndə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,874
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bestehende“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bestehendeliegt 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: „Bestandteil“ (#3,873), „beweise“ (#3,875), „Beschluss“ (#3,872). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bestehende“ bei #3,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around bestehende (IPA [bəˈʃteːəndə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,874 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for bestehende, with forms such as "bbestehende", "besethende", and "besstehende". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "bestehenden", "bestehender", "bestehendes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bestehende, spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbestehende
  • besethende
  • besstehende
  • besteehnde
  • bestehedne
  • bestehendde
  • bestehened
  • bestehennde
  • bestehhende
  • bestehnede
  • bestheende
  • besttehende
  • betsehende
  • bsetehende
  • ebstehende

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbestehende1besethende2besstehende1besteehnde2bestehedne2bestehendde1bestehened2bestehennde1
Edit distance from "bestehende"

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 "bestehende"?
"bestehende" is spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃteːəndə].
What does "bestehende" mean?
As an adjective, "bestehende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend
What words are commonly confused with "bestehende"?
"bestehende" is commonly confused with "bestehenden", "bestehender", "bestehendes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bestehende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestehende" is [bəˈʃteːəndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestehende" come from?
"bestehende" 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 "bestehende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ausgeführt#3,868Entstehung#3,884Verletzung#3,859Halbfinale#3,893

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Unterlagen15 variantsteilnehmen15 variantsSchwarzer15 variantsPrinzessin15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list