BeziehervsbeziehtConfusable pair

Quick tell: Bezieher is a noun, bezieht is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Bezieher” is a noun and “bezieht” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,507
“Bezieher” frequency rank
#2,809
“bezieht” frequency rank
32316
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bezieher bezieht
Definition Person, die etwas bezieht 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beziehen

Where the eye mixes Bezieher and bezieht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Bezieher runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against bezieht's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Bezieher
7 ch
bezieht

Visual trap between Bezieher and bezieht

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Bezieher is [bəˈt͡siːɐ] while bezieht is [bəˈt͡siːt]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bezieher is recorded at frequency rank #29,507, classified as anoun, pronounced [bəˈt͡siːɐ]. bezieht is at rank #2,809, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈt͡siːt].

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 32316, this pair ranks #1,710,227 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Bezieher vs bezieht

Shared letters: behiz. Private to "Bezieher": r. Private to "bezieht": t.

"Bezieher" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC  ·  "bezieht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bezieherbbezieher · beizeher · bezeiher · bezieehr · bezieherr · beziehher · beziehre · beziheer
  • beziehtbbezieht · beizeht · bezeiht · beziehht · beziehtt · bezieth · bezihet · bezzieht

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Bezieher" and "bezieht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Bezieher" is a noun and "bezieht" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Bezieher" or "bezieht" show up more?
"bezieht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,809 in our German list, against #29,507 for "Bezieher". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Bezieher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bezieht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,710,227 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bezieher" and "bezieht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beziehe vs Bezieher". 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 #1,710,227 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