Which to use
“begehrten” and “bewährten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,839
- “begehrten” frequency rank
- #17,536
- “bewährten” frequency rank
- 37375
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | begehrten | bewährten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs begehrt | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt |
Where the eye mixes begehrten and bewährten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. begehrten and bewährten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between begehrten and bewährten
A purely visual mix-up. begehrten ([bəˈɡeːɐ̯tn̩]) and bewährten ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tn̩]) 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 37375, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
begehrten is recorded at frequency rank #19,839, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈɡeːɐ̯tn̩]. bewährten is at rank #17,536, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯tn̩].
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 37375, this pair ranks #1,591,876 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of begehrten vs bewährten
Shared letters: behnrt. Private to "begehrten": g. Private to "bewährten": wä.
"begehrten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC · "bewährten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- begehrten ← bbegehrten · beeghrten · begehhrten · begehretn · begehrrten · begehrtenn · begehrtne · begehrtten
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "begehrten" for "bewährten" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "begehrten" or "bewährten" 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 "begehrten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bewährten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,591,876 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "begehrten" and "bewährten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "begehrten vs berührten". 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 #1,591,876 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.