Which to use
“besonderes” is an adjective and “besonders” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,234
- “besonderes” frequency rank
- #320
- “besonders” frequency rank
- 2554
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | besonderes | besonders |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs besondere | für sich alleine, gesondert, separat |
Where the eye mixes besonderes and besonders
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: besonderes vs besonders
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: besonderes is [bəˈzɔndəʁəs] while besonders is [bəˈzɔndɐs]. 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 (adjective vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
besonderes is recorded at frequency rank #2,234, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈzɔndəʁəs]. besonders is at rank #320, tagged as anadv, pronounced [bəˈzɔndɐs].
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 2554, this pair ranks #2,002,089 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of besonderes vs besonders
Shared letters: bdenors. Private to "besonderes": -. Private to "besonders": -.
"besonderes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC · "besonders" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- besonderes ← bbesonderes · beosnderes · besnoderes · besodneres · besondderes · besondeers · besonderess · besonderres
- besonders ← bbesonders · beosnders · besnoders · besodners · besondders · besonderrs · besonderss · besondesr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "besonderes" and "besonders" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "besonderes" or "besonders" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "besonderes" and "besonders" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "besonderes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "besonders" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,002,089 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "besonderes" and "besonders" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "besonderem vs besonderes". 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 #2,002,089 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.