BesatzungenvsBesetzungenConfusable pair

Which to use

“Besatzungen” and “Besetzungen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,761
“Besatzungen” frequency rank
#36,831
“Besetzungen” frequency rank
80592
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Besatzungen Besetzungen
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Besatzung Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Besetzung

Where the eye mixes Besatzungen and Besetzungen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. Besatzungen and Besetzungen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
Besatzungen
11 ch
Besetzungen

Look-alike desk: Besatzungen vs Besetzungen

A purely visual mix-up. Besatzungen ([bəˈzat͡sʊŋən]) and Besetzungen ([bəˈzɛt͡sʊŋən]) 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 a single letter - a in “Besatzungen” becomes e in “Besetzungen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Besatzungen is recorded at frequency rank #43,761, classified as anoun, pronounced [bəˈzat͡sʊŋən]. Besetzungen is at rank #36,831, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bəˈzɛt͡sʊŋən].

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 80592, this pair ranks #192,541 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Besatzungen vs Besetzungen

Shared letters: begnstuz. Private to "Besatzungen": a. Private to "Besetzungen": -.

"Besatzungen" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC  ·  "Besetzungen" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Besatzungen ← bbesatzungen · beastzungen · besattzungen · besatuzngen · besatznugen · besatzugnen · besatzunegn · besatzungenn
  • Besetzungen ← bbesetzungen · beestzungen · besettzungen · besetuzngen · besetznugen · besetzugnen · besetzunegn · besetzungenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Besatzungen" and "Besetzungen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈzat͡sʊŋən] versus [bəˈzɛt͡sʊŋən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Besatzungen" vs "Besetzungen" - which ranks higher?
"Besetzungen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,831 in our German list, against #43,761 for "Besatzungen". 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 "Besatzungen" and "Besetzungen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Besatzungen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Besetzungen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #192,541 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Besatzungen" and "Besetzungen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Besatzungen vs Bestattungen". 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 #192,541 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