BSE
[beːʔɛsˈʔeː]
The verdict
“BSE” is uncommon German (frequency #53,564 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,564
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vor allem bei Rindern auftretende unheilbare Veränderung von Gehirnsubstanz
| 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) |
Where “BSE” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
BSE is uncommon German at frequency #53,564 among 72,680 “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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Using “BSE”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.