bestürzt

[bəˈʃtʏʁt͡st]

/[bəˈʃtʏʁt͡st]/ adj

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The verdict

“bestürzt” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,920
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (oft aus Trauer) tief erschrocken, bewegt; in negativer Weise überrascht

Corpus desk

Index DE-besturzt · bestürzt · German

bestürzt · rank #25,920 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,920
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bescheren

Nearest frequency peer: bescheren (-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 „bestürzt“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „bestürzt“ 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).

bestürzt vs bestückt
75% similar
bestürzt vs bestärkt
75% similar

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

Key facts for bestürzt
PropertyValue
Headwordbestürzt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈʃtʏʁt͡st]
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,920
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bestürzt“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bestürztliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bescheren“ (#25,919), „Betriebswirtschaft“ (#25,921), „Berkeley“ (#25,918). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bestürzt“ bei #25,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around bestürzt (IPA [bəˈʃtʏʁt͡st]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,920 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(oft aus Trauer) tief erschrocken, bewegt; in negativer Weise überrascht".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for bestürzt, with forms such as "bbestürzt", "besstürzt", and "bestrüzt". 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, "bestückt", "bestärkt", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is bestürzt, spelled B-E-S-T-Ü-R-Z-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    (oft aus Trauer) tief erschrocken, bewegt; in negativer Weise überrascht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bestürzt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ich war zu bestürzt, um zu antworten.“
  2. „Und wie bestürzt er aussah, ganz verlegen und erschrocken.“

This word in other languages

upset(English)consterné(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbestürzt
  • besstürzt
  • bestrüzt
  • besttürzt
  • bestürrzt
  • bestürtz
  • bestürztt
  • bestürzzt
  • bestüzrt
  • besütrzt
  • betsürzt
  • bsetürzt
  • ebstürzt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbestürzt1besstürzt1bestrüzt2besttürzt1bestürrzt1bestürtz2bestürztt1bestürzzt1
Edit distance from "bestürzt"

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 "bestürzt"?
"bestürzt" is spelled B-E-S-T-Ü-R-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈʃtʏʁt͡st].
What does "bestürzt" mean?
As an adjective, "bestürzt" means: (oft aus Trauer) tief erschrocken, bewegt; in negativer Weise überrascht
What words are commonly confused with "bestürzt"?
"bestürzt" is commonly confused with "bestückt", "bestärkt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bestürzt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestürzt" is [bəˈʃtʏʁt͡st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestürzt" come from?
"bestürzt" 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 "bestürzt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Berkeley#25,918Bensheim#25,916bedankte#25,910Burgdorf#25,933

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

automobile13 variantsconnection13 variantsanwesende13 variantsAmtsblatt13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list