Bestechung
The verdict
“Bestechung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corruption, subornation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bestechung · Bestechung · French
Bestechung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bestechung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bestechung » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bestechung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Corruption, subornation.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bestechung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Bestechung, spelled B-E-S-T-E-C-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Corruption, subornation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bestechung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Haftbefehl, auf Grund dessen Philipp Reemtsma am 3. Januar verhaftet wurde, ist aber »wegen Bestechung und Anstiftung zur Rechtsbeugung« erlassen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.