fortbestehen
[ˈfɔʁtbəˌʃteːən]
The verdict
“fortbestehen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,171
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (aufgrund oder trotz eines bestimmten Umstandes) auch in Zukunft vorhanden sein, seinen Bestand, sein Dasein fortsetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fortbestehen · fortbestehen · German
fortbestehen · rank #41,171 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,171
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH forsch
Nearest frequency peer: forsch (-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 „fortbestehen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Fluglinie
Fluglinie
58,833 corpus weight
- Flutlicht
Flutlicht
58,832 corpus weight
- forsch
forsch
58,831 corpus weight
- fortbestehen
fortbestehen
58,830 corpus weight
- fortschritt…
fortschrittlich
58,829 corpus weight
- freischalten
freischalten
58,828 corpus weight
What this shows „fortbestehen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortbestehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁtbəˌʃteːən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #41,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fortbestehen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around fortbestehen (IPA [ˈfɔʁtbəˌʃteːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,171 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(aufgrund oder trotz eines bestimmten Umstandes) auch in Zukunft vorhanden sein, seinen Bestand, sein Dasein fortsetzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for fortbestehen, with forms such as "ffortbestehen", "forbtestehen", and "forrtbestehen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is fortbestehen, spelled F-O-R-T-B-E-S-T-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(aufgrund oder trotz eines bestimmten Umstandes) auch in Zukunft vorhanden sein, seinen Bestand, sein Dasein fortsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fortbestehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie spürten, dass Amerika als Land, als Nation, nicht fortbestehen kann, wenn das Auseinanderstreben der Gesellschaft nicht gestoppt wird.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffortbestehen
- forbtestehen
- forrtbestehen
- fortbbestehen
- fortbesethen
- fortbesstehen
- fortbesteehn
- fortbestehenn
- fortbestehhen
- fortbestehne
- fortbestheen
- fortbesttehen
- fortbetsehen
- fortbsetehen
- fortebstehen
- forttbestehen
- fotrbestehen
- frotbestehen
- ofrtbestehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fortbestehen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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