Which to use
“besagen” is a verb and “besagter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,960
- “besagen” frequency rank
- #33,471
- “besagter” frequency rank
- 63431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | besagen | besagter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bedeuten, zum Ausdruck bringen, beinhalten | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs besagt |
Where the eye mixes besagen and besagter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. besagen runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against besagter's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: besagen vs besagter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: besagen is [bəˈzaːɡn̩] while besagter is [bəˈzaːktɐ]. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
besagen is recorded at frequency rank #29,960, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈzaːɡn̩]. besagter is at rank #33,471, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈzaːktɐ].
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 63431, this pair ranks #677,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of besagen vs besagter
Shared letters: abegs. Private to "besagen": n. Private to "besagter": rt.
"besagen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "besagter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "besagen" for "besagter" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "besagen" or "besagter" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "besagen" and "besagter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "besagen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "besagter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #677,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "besagen" and "besagter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "besagtem vs besagter". 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 #677,093 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.