besteht

[bəˈʃteːt]

/[bəˈʃteːt]/ verb

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The verdict

“besteht” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #529. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#529
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-besteht · besteht · German

besteht · rank #529 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #529
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bereich

Nearest frequency peer: Bereich (-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 „besteht“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „besteht“ 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).

besteht vs betet
71% similar
besteht vs besten
71% similar
besteht vs bester
71% similar

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

Key facts for besteht
PropertyValue
Headwordbesteht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈʃteːt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#529
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „besteht“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bestehtliegt 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: „Bereich“ (#528), „bringt“ (#530), „Wort“ (#527). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „besteht“ bei #529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around besteht (IPA [bəˈʃteːt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #529 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs bestehen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for besteht, with forms such as "bbesteht", "besetht", and "bessteht". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "betet", "besten", "bester", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 besteht, spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs bestehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbesteht
  • besetht
  • bessteht
  • bestehht
  • bestehtt
  • besteth
  • besthet
  • bestteht
  • betseht
  • bseteht
  • ebsteht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbesteht1besetht2bessteht1bestehht1bestehtt1besteth2besthet2bestteht1
Edit distance from "besteht"

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 "besteht"?
"besteht" is spelled B-E-S-T-E-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃteːt].
What does "besteht" mean?
As a verb, "besteht" means: 3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs bestehen
What words are commonly confused with "besteht"?
"besteht" is commonly confused with "betet", "besten", "bester". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "besteht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besteht" is [bəˈʃteːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "besteht" come from?
"besteht" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Bereich#528Mädchen#534Prozent#522Zukunft#537

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

passiert11 variantsHamburg11 variantsbisschen11 variantsscheint11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list