besuchen
[bəˈzuːxn̩]
The verdict
“besuchen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,804
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden aufsuchen, um mit ihm eine Weile zusammen sein zu können
Corpus desk
Index DE-besuchen · besuchen · German
besuchen · rank #1,804 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,804
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH benutzen
Nearest frequency peer: benutzen (-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 „besuchen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bedarf
Bedarf
98,200 corpus weight
- Bedingungen
Bedingungen
98,199 corpus weight
- benutzen
benutzen
98,198 corpus weight
- besuchen
besuchen
98,197 corpus weight
- Ecke
Ecke
98,195 corpus weight
- Einführung
Einführung
98,194 corpus weight
What this shows „besuchen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | besuchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˈzuːxn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „besuchen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around besuchen (IPA [bəˈzuːxn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,804 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for besuchen, with forms such as "bbesuchen", "bescuhen", and "bessuchen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "buchen", "besucht", "bischen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is besuchen, spelled B-E-S-U-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden aufsuchen, um mit ihm eine Weile zusammen sein zu können
- 2zu einem Ort gehen, um dort jemanden zu treffen oder etwas zu erledigen
- 3etwas für eine gewisse Zeit regelmäßig aufsuchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how besuchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gestern haben wir unsere Verwandten besucht.
Wollen wir nicht mal die neue Ausstellung im Museum besuchen?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbesuchen
- bescuhen
- bessuchen
- besucchen
- besucehn
- besuchenn
- besuchhen
- besuchne
- besuhcen
- beuschen
- bseuchen
- ebsuchen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of besuchen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "besuchen"?
What does "besuchen" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "besuchen"?
How do you pronounce "besuchen"?
What language does "besuchen" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "besuchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).