Bestimmung
[bəˈʃtɪmʊŋ]
The verdict
“Bestimmung” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,250 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,250
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Vorgang des Bestimmens
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 | Bestimmung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈʃtɪmʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bestimmung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bestimmung is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈʃtɪmʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,250 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bestimmung, with forms such as "bbestimmung", "besitmmung", and "besstimmung". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Bestimmungen", "bestimmen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bestimmung, spelled B-E-S-T-I-M-M-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1der Vorgang des Bestimmens
- 2Anordnung, Vorschrift
- 3Verwendungszweck
- 4Zielort eines Reisenden oder einer Warensendung
- 5das, was schon vorbestimmt ist; Berufung, Schicksal
- 6wissenschaftliche Ermittlung, zum Beispiel von Pflanzen, von chemischen Zusammensetzungen etc.
- 7Satzteil, der einen Umstand angibt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbestimmung,besitmmung,besstimmung,bestimmnug,bestimmugn,bestimmungg,bestimmunng,bestimumng,bestimung,bestmimung,besttimmung,betsimmung,bsetimmung,ebstimmung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bestimmung - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Bestimmung”
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-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bəˈʃtɪmʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Bestimmungen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bestimmung vs Bestimmungen
- 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.