Which to use
“besagte” and “besagter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,494
- “besagte” frequency rank
- #33,471
- “besagter” frequency rank
- 51965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | besagte | besagter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs besagt | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs besagt |
Where the eye mixes besagte and besagter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. besagte runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against besagter's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between besagte and besagter
A purely visual mix-up. besagte ([bəˈzaːktə]) and besagter ([bəˈzaːktɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “besagte” sits inside “besagter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
besagte is recorded at frequency rank #18,494, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈzaːktə]. 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 51965, this pair ranks #1,115,160 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of besagte vs besagter
Shared letters: abegst. Private to "besagte": -. Private to "besagter": r.
"besagte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "besagter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "besagte" and "besagter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "besagte" or "besagter"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "besagte" 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 #1,115,160 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "besagte" 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 #1,115,160 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.