beliebtvsbeziehtConfusable pair

Quick tell: beliebt is a adjective, bezieht is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#3,504
“beliebt” frequency rank
#2,809
“bezieht” frequency rank
6313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beliebt bezieht
Definition gern gesehen, sehr geschätzt 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beziehen

Where the eye mixes beliebt and bezieht

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

7 ch
beliebt
7 ch
bezieht

Look-alike desk: beliebt vs bezieht

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: beliebt is [bəˈliːpt] while bezieht is [bəˈt͡siːt]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

beliebt is recorded at frequency rank #3,504, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈliːpt]. bezieht is at rank #2,809, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈt͡siːt].

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 6313, this pair ranks #1,992,050 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of beliebt vs bezieht

Shared letters: beit. Private to "beliebt": l. Private to "bezieht": hz.

"beliebt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "bezieht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beliebtbbeliebt · beilebt · beleibt · belibet · beliebbt · beliebtt · belietb · belliebt
  • beziehtbbezieht · beizeht · bezeiht · beziehht · beziehtt · bezieth · bezihet · bezzieht

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "beliebt" and "bezieht" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "beliebt" is an adjective and "bezieht" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "beliebt" or "bezieht" show up more?
"bezieht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,809 in our German list, against #3,504 for "beliebt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "beliebt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bezieht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,992,050 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beliebt" and "bezieht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "belebte vs beliebt". 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 #1,992,050 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