beschlossenvsBeschlussesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: beschlossen is a adjective, Beschlusses is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“beschlossen” is an adjective and “Beschlusses” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,703
“beschlossen” frequency rank
#36,830
“Beschlusses” frequency rank
39533
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beschlossen Beschlusses
Definition durch Beschluss entschieden Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Beschluss

Where the eye mixes beschlossen and Beschlusses

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. beschlossen and Beschlusses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
beschlossen
11 ch
Beschlusses

Visual trap between beschlossen and Beschlusses

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: beschlossen is [bəˈʃlɔsn̩] while Beschlusses is [bəˈʃlʊsəs]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

beschlossen is recorded at frequency rank #2,703, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʃlɔsn̩]. Beschlusses is at rank #36,830, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bəˈʃlʊsəs].

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 39533, this pair ranks #1,534,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of beschlossen vs Beschlusses

Shared letters: bcehls. Private to "beschlossen": no. Private to "Beschlusses": u.

"beschlossen" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCVC  ·  "Beschlusses" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beschlossenbbeschlossen · becshlossen · bescchlossen · beschhlossen · beschllossen · beschlosen · beschlosesn · beschlossenn
  • Beschlussesbbeschlusses · becshlusses · bescchlusses · beschhlusses · beschllusses · beschlsuses · beschluses · beschlusess

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "beschlossen" for "Beschlusses" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "beschlossen" is an adjective and "Beschlusses" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "beschlossen" or "Beschlusses" show up more?
"beschlossen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,703 in our German list, against #36,830 for "Beschlusses". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "beschlossen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Beschlusses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,534,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beschlossen" and "Beschlusses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Beschlüssen vs Beschlusses". 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 #1,534,129 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