BSE
[beːʔɛsˈʔeː]
The verdict
“BSE” is uncommon German (frequency #53,564 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,564
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor allem bei Rindern auftretende unheilbare Veränderung von Gehirnsubstanz
Corpus desk
Index DE-bse · BSE · German
BSE · rank #53,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,564
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Buchdruck
Nearest frequency peer: Buchdruck (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „BSE“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Brüchen
Brüchen
46,440 corpus weight
- brütet
brütet
46,439 corpus weight
- BSE
BSE
46,437 corpus weight
- Buchdruck
Buchdruck
46,436 corpus weight
- Bundespoliz…
Bundespolizisten
46,434 corpus weight
- Bundesvorsi…
Bundesvorsitzender
46,433 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „BSE“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | BSE |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [beːʔɛsˈʔeː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #53,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „BSE“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
BSE is uncommon German at frequency #53,564 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [beːʔɛsˈʔeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor allem bei Rindern auftretende unheilbare Veränderung von Gehirnsubstanz".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for BSE, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is BSE, spelled B-S-E.
Definition
- 1vor allem bei Rindern auftretende unheilbare Veränderung von Gehirnsubstanz
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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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