Which to use
“begehrt” and “bewährt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,820
- “begehrt” frequency rank
- #10,245
- “bewährt” frequency rank
- 22065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | begehrt | bewährt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine von vielen verlangte Person oder Sache | sich als fähig, geeignet, zuverlässig erwiesen habend |
Where the eye mixes begehrt and bewährt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. begehrt and bewährt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between begehrt and bewährt
A purely visual mix-up. begehrt ([bəˈɡeːɐ̯t]) and bewährt ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯t]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
begehrt is recorded at frequency rank #11,820, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈɡeːɐ̯t]. bewährt is at rank #10,245, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯t].
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 22065, this pair ranks #1,878,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of begehrt vs bewährt
Shared letters: behrt. Private to "begehrt": g. Private to "bewährt": wä.
"begehrt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "bewährt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- begehrt ← bbegehrt · beeghrt · begehhrt · begehrrt · begehrtt · begehtr · begerht · beggehrt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "begehrt" and "bewährt" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "begehrt" or "bewährt"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "begehrt" and "bewährt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "begehrt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bewährt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,878,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "begehrt" and "bewährt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewährt vs bewährtes". 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 #1,878,789 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.