bestücktvsbesuchtWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bestückt is a verb, besucht is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bestückt” is a verb and “besucht” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,837
“bestückt” frequency rank
#2,489
“besucht” frequency rank
21326
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bestückt besucht
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bestücken viele oder wenige Besucher habend

Where the eye mixes bestückt and besucht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bestückt runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCC) against besucht's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
bestückt
7 ch
besucht

Why the eye confuses bestückt with besucht

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bestückt is [bəˈʃtʏkt] while besucht is [bəˈzuːxt]. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bestückt is recorded at frequency rank #18,837, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈʃtʏkt]. besucht is at rank #2,489, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈzuːxt].

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 21326, this pair ranks #1,887,591 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bestückt vs besucht

Shared letters: bcest. Private to "bestückt": . Private to "besucht": hu.

"bestückt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "besucht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • besuchtbbesucht · bescuht · bessucht · besuccht · besuchht · besuchtt · besucth · besuhct

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bestückt" for "besucht" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bestückt" is a verb and "besucht" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "bestückt" vs "besucht" - which ranks higher?
"besucht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,489 in our German list, against #18,837 for "bestückt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "bestückt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "besucht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,887,591 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bestückt" and "besucht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beglückt vs bestückt". 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 #1,887,591 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