Which to use
“besiegt” and “besiegte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,770
- “besiegt” frequency rank
- #16,097
- “besiegte” frequency rank
- 22867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | besiegt | besiegte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sportlich beziehungsweise militärisch bezwungen, eine Niederlage einsteckend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs besiegt |
Where the eye mixes besiegt and besiegte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. besiegt runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against besiegte's 8 (CVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between besiegt and besiegte
A purely visual mix-up. besiegt ([bəˈziːkt]) and besiegte ([bəˈziːktə]) 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) - “besiegt” sits inside “besiegte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
besiegt is recorded at frequency rank #6,770, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈziːkt]. besiegte is at rank #16,097, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈziːktə].
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 22867, this pair ranks #1,868,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of besiegt vs besiegte
Shared letters: begist. Private to "besiegt": -. Private to "besiegte": -.
"besiegt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "besiegte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "besiegt" and "besiegte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "besiegt" vs "besiegte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "besiegt" and "besiegte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "besiegt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "besiegte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,868,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "besiegt" and "besiegte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beseelt vs besiegt". 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 #1,868,704 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.