bestimmt
[bəˈʃtɪmt]
The verdict
“bestimmt” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #485 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #485
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vorher definiert, für den Informierten klar umrissen
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 | bestimmt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bəˈʃtɪmt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bestimmt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bestimmt is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃtɪmt]. Corpus data places it at rank #485 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bestimmt, with forms such as "bbestimmt", "besitmmt", and "besstimmt". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bestimmte", "bestimmten", "bestimmter", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bestimmt, spelled B-E-S-T-I-M-M-T.
Definition
- 1vorher definiert, für den Informierten klar umrissen
- 2mit Nachdruck, entschieden, entschlossen
- 3für etwas vorgesehen
- 4eindeutig bestimmbar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbestimmt,besitmmt,besstimmt,bestimmtt,bestimt,bestimtm,bestmimt,besttimmt,betsimmt,bsetimmt,ebstimmt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bestimmt - 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.
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Using “bestimmt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-S-T-I-M-M-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʃtɪmt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bestimmte” - see the side-by-side comparison. bestimmt vs bestimmte
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.