Which to use
“besteuern” and “besteuert” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,772
- “besteuern” frequency rank
- #29,033
- “besteuert” frequency rank
- 77805
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | besteuern | besteuert |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | auf eine Ware/Leistung staatliche Abgaben (Steuern) erheben; für etwas von jemandem Steuern verlangen/eintreiben | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs besteuern |
Where the eye mixes besteuern and besteuert
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. besteuern and besteuert follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: besteuern vs besteuert
A purely visual mix-up. besteuern ([bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]) and besteuert ([bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐt]) 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 - n in “besteuern” becomes t in “besteuert”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
besteuern is recorded at frequency rank #48,772, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]. besteuert is at rank #29,033, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐt].
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 77805, this pair ranks #252,513 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of besteuern vs besteuert
Shared letters: berstu. Private to "besteuern": n. Private to "besteuert": -.
"besteuern" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC · "besteuert" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "besteuern" for "besteuert" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "besteuern" or "besteuert" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "besteuern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "besteuert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,513 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "besteuern" and "besteuert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "besteuern vs beteuert". 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 #252,513 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.