Which to use
“Besuches” is a noun and “besuchte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,446
- “Besuches” frequency rank
- #5,346
- “besuchte” frequency rank
- 37792
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Besuches | besuchte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Besuch | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs besucht |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Besuches and besuchte apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Besuches and besuchte form a confusable pair in the German index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Besuches is recorded at frequency rank #32,446, classified as anoun, pronounced [bəˈzuːxəs]. besuchte is at rank #5,346, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈzuːxtə].
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 37792, this pair ranks #1,580,938 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering Besuches vs besuchte
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “Besuches”; for an adjective, it's “besuchte”.
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