besen
[ˈbesẽn]
The verdict
“besen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,116 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,116
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de besar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-besen · besen · Spanish
besen · rank #62,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,116
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Belaúnde
Nearest frequency peer: Belaúnde (-2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “besen”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Baruch
Baruch
37,890 corpus weight
- bañándose
bañándose
37,889 corpus weight
- begin
begin
37,888 corpus weight
- Belaúnde
Belaúnde
37,887 corpus weight
- besen
besen
37,885 corpus weight
- biodegradab…
biodegradables
37,883 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “besen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | besen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbesẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “besen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
besen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,116 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbesẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for besen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is besen, spelled B-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de besar.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de besar.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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