Which to use
“befragte” is an adjective and “beträgt” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,435
- “befragte” frequency rank
- #1,656
- “beträgt” frequency rank
- 25091
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | befragte | beträgt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs befragt | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv von betragen |
Where the eye mixes befragte and beträgt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. befragte runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against beträgt's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: befragte vs beträgt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: befragte is [bəˈfʁaːktə] while beträgt is [bəˈtʁɛːkt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs unknown), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
befragte is recorded at frequency rank #23,435, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈfʁaːktə]. beträgt is at rank #1,656, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [bəˈtʁɛːkt].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25091, this pair ranks #1,838,281 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of befragte vs beträgt
Shared letters: begrt. Private to "befragte": af. Private to "beträgt": ä.
"befragte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "beträgt" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- befragte ← bbefragte · befargte · beffragte · befraget · befraggte · befragtte · befratge · befrgate
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "befragte" and "beträgt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "befragte" or "beträgt" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "befragte" and "beträgt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "befragte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "beträgt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,838,281 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "befragte" and "beträgt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "befragte vs betrage". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,838,281 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.