BegleiternvsbegleitetTell them apart

Quick tell: Begleitern is a noun, begleitet is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Begleitern” is a noun and “begleitet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,061
“Begleitern” frequency rank
#2,636
“begleitet” frequency rank
43697
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Begleitern begleitet
Definition Dativ Plural des Substantivs Begleiter Partizip Perfekt des Verbs begleiten

Where the eye mixes Begleitern and begleitet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. Begleitern runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCC) against begleitet's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
Begleitern
9 ch
begleitet

Visual trap between Begleitern and begleitet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Begleitern is [bəˈɡlaɪ̯tɐn] while begleitet is [bəˈɡlaɪ̯tət]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Begleitern is recorded at frequency rank #41,061, classified as anoun, pronounced [bəˈɡlaɪ̯tɐn]. begleitet is at rank #2,636, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈɡlaɪ̯tət].

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 43697, this pair ranks #1,409,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Begleitern vs begleitet

Shared letters: begilt. Private to "Begleitern": nr. Private to "begleitet": -.

"Begleitern" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC  ·  "begleitet" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Begleiternbbegleitern · begelitern · beggleitern · begleietrn · begleitenr · begleiternn · begleiterrn · begleitren
  • begleitetbbegleitet · begelitet · beggleitet · begleiett · begleitett · begleitte · begleittet · begletiet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Begleitern" for "begleitet" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Begleitern" is a noun and "begleitet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Begleitern" or "begleitet"?
"begleitet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,636 in our German list, against #41,061 for "Begleitern". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Begleitern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "begleitet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,409,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Begleitern" and "begleitet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "begleitend vs Begleitern". 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 #1,409,812 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list