bestrijden
The verdict
“bestrijden” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Protester, lutter contre, combattre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bestrijden · bestrijden · French
bestrijden · 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 | bestrijden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bestrijden » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bestrijden is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bestrijden has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bestrijden, spelled B-E-S-T-R-I-J-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Protester, lutter contre, combattre.
- 2Contester, disputer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bestrijden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
iets krachtig bestrijden : nier quelque chose farouchement, s’opposer farouchement à quelque chose.
de onkosten bestrijden : pourvoir aux frais.
Synonyms
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.