behobenvsbezogenTell them apart

Quick tell: behoben is a verb, bezogen is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“behoben” is a verb and “bezogen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,619
“behoben” frequency rank
#3,301
“bezogen” frequency rank
13920
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature behoben bezogen
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs beheben eine Sinnverbindung mit etwas habend, herstellend oder nennend

Where the eye mixes behoben and bezogen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. behoben and bezogen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
behoben
7 ch
bezogen

Look-alike desk: behoben vs bezogen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: behoben is [bəˈhoːbn̩] while bezogen is [bəˈt͡soːɡn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

behoben is recorded at frequency rank #10,619, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈhoːbn̩]. bezogen is at rank #3,301, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈt͡soːɡn̩].

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 13920, this pair ranks #1,954,780 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of behoben vs bezogen

Shared letters: beno. Private to "behoben": h. Private to "bezogen": gz.

"behoben" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "bezogen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • behoben ← bbehoben · behboen · behhoben · behobben · behobenn · behobne · behoebn · beohben
  • bezogen ← bbezogen · beozgen · bezgoen · bezoegn · bezogenn · bezoggen · bezogne · bezzogen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "behoben" and "bezogen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "behoben" is a verb and "bezogen" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "behoben" vs "bezogen" - which ranks higher?
"bezogen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,301 in our German list, against #10,619 for "behoben". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "behoben" and "bezogen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "behoben" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bezogen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,954,780 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "behoben" and "bezogen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "behoben vs bewogen". 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 #1,954,780 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