Bestsellerliste
[ˈbɛstsɛlɐˌlɪstə]
The verdict
“Bestsellerliste” is uncommon German (frequency #71,153 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,153
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Liste, auf der Produkte mit besonders hohen Verkaufszahlen aufgeführt sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-bestsellerliste · Bestsellerliste · German
Bestsellerliste · rank #71,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,153
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH betrachtest
Nearest frequency peer: betrachtest (+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 “Bestsellerliste”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Berufssolda…
Berufssoldaten
28,851 corpus weight
- bespannt
bespannt
28,850 corpus weight
- Bestsellerl…
Bestsellerliste
28,848 corpus weight
- betrachtest
betrachtest
28,847 corpus weight
- Betriebszug…
Betriebszugehörigkeit
28,845 corpus weight
- betrogene
betrogene
28,844 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bestsellerliste” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bestsellerliste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛstsɛlɐˌlɪstə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #71,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bestsellerliste” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bestsellerliste is uncommon German at frequency #71,153 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛstsɛlɐˌlɪstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Liste, auf der Produkte mit besonders hohen Verkaufszahlen aufgeführt sind".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Bestsellerliste, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Bestsellerliste, spelled B-E-S-T-S-E-L-L-E-R-L-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Liste, auf der Produkte mit besonders hohen Verkaufszahlen aufgeführt sind
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bestsellerliste", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.