Which to use
“besuchte” and “besuchten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,346
- “besuchte” frequency rank
- #9,159
- “besuchten” frequency rank
- 14505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | besuchte | besuchten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs besucht | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs besucht |
Where the eye mixes besuchte and besuchten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. besuchte runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against besuchten's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: besuchte vs besuchten
A purely visual mix-up. besuchte ([bəˈzuːxtə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “besuchte” sits inside “besuchten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
besuchte is recorded at frequency rank #5,346, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈzuːxtə]. 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 14505, this pair ranks #1,950,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of besuchte vs besuchten
Shared letters: bcehstu. Private to "besuchte": -. Private to "besuchten": n.
"besuchte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "besuchten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "besuchte" and "besuchten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "besuchte" or "besuchten" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "besuchte" and "besuchten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "besuchte" 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 #1,950,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "besuchte" and "besuchten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedachte vs besuchte". 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 #1,950,738 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.