Which to use
“Beamte” and “beats” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,684
- “Beamte” frequency rank
- #13,774
- “beats” frequency rank
- 18458
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Beamte | beats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weibliche Person, die verbeamtet (in Österreich: pragmatisiert) (oder in einer ähnlichen Position tätig) ist | Plural des Substantivs beat |
Where the eye mixes Beamte and beats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Beamte vs beats
A purely visual mix-up. Beamte ([bəˈʔamtə]) and beats ([biːts]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Beamte is recorded at frequency rank #4,684, classified as anoun, pronounced [bəˈʔamtə]. beats is at rank #13,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced [biːts].
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 18458, this pair ranks #1,918,040 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Beamte vs beats
Shared letters: abet. Private to "Beamte": m. Private to "beats": s.
"Beamte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "beats" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Beamte" and "beats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Beamte" or "beats" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Beamte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "beats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,918,040 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Beamte" and "beats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beats vs breath". 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 #1,918,040 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.