bearbeitevsbearbeitetWhich spelling fits?

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“bearbeite” and “bearbeitet” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,510
“bearbeite” frequency rank
#4,685
“bearbeitet” frequency rank
51195
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bearbeite bearbeitet
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bearbeiten Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bearbeiten

Where the eye mixes bearbeite and bearbeitet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. bearbeite runs 9 letters (CVVCCVVCV) against bearbeitet's 10 (CVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
bearbeite
10 ch
bearbeitet

Visual trap between bearbeite and bearbeitet

A purely visual mix-up. bearbeite ([bəˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tə]) and bearbeitet ([bəˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tət]) 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) - “bearbeite” sits inside “bearbeitet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bearbeite is recorded at frequency rank #46,510, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tə]. bearbeitet is at rank #4,685, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tət].

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 51195, this pair ranks #1,144,836 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bearbeite vs bearbeitet

Shared letters: abeirt. Private to "bearbeite": -. Private to "bearbeitet": -.

"bearbeite" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCV  ·  "bearbeitet" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bearbeitebaerbeite · bbearbeite · beabreite · bearbbeite · bearbeiet · bearbetie · bearbiete · bearebite
  • bearbeitetbaerbeitet · bbearbeitet · beabreitet · bearbbeitet · bearbeiett · bearbeitett · bearbeitte · bearbeittet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bearbeite" and "bearbeitet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tə] versus [bəˈʔaʁbaɪ̯tət]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "bearbeite" or "bearbeitet" show up more?
"bearbeitet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,685 in our German list, against #46,510 for "bearbeite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "bearbeite" and "bearbeitet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bearbeite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bearbeitet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,144,836 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bearbeite" and "bearbeitet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bearbeite vs bearbeitete". 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 #1,144,836 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