# based vs böser

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### based
*verb · IPA [beɪst] · frequency rank #18,820*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs base

### böser
*adjective · IPA [ˈbøːzɐ] · frequency rank #13,112*
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bös

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/based-vs-boser