Which to use
“besucht” and “besuchten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,489
- “besucht” frequency rank
- #9,159
- “besuchten” frequency rank
- 11648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | besucht | besuchten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | viele oder wenige Besucher habend | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs besucht |
Where the eye mixes besucht and besuchten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. besucht runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against besuchten's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses besucht with besuchten
A purely visual mix-up. besucht ([bəˈzuːxt]) and besuchten ([bəˈzuːxtn̩]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “besucht” sits inside “besuchten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
besucht is recorded at frequency rank #2,489, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈzuːxt]. besuchten is at rank #9,159, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈzuːxtn̩].
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 11648, this pair ranks #1,968,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of besucht vs besuchten
Shared letters: bcehstu. Private to "besucht": -. Private to "besuchten": n.
"besucht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "besuchten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "besucht" and "besuchten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "besucht" or "besuchten"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "besucht" and "besuchten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "besucht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "besuchten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,968,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "besucht" and "besuchten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beichten vs besuchten". 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 #1,968,691 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.