bejahtvsberätWhich spelling fits?

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

#37,996
“bejaht” frequency rank
#11,824
“berät” frequency rank
49820
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bejaht berät
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bejahen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beraten

Where the eye mixes bejaht and berät

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. bejaht runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against berät's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
bejaht
5 ch
berät

Visual trap between bejaht and berät

A purely visual mix-up. bejaht ([bəˈjaːt]) and berät ([bəˈʁɛːt]) 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 49820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bejaht is recorded at frequency rank #37,996, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈjaːt]. berät is at rank #11,824, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈʁɛːt].

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 49820, this pair ranks #1,197,117 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bejaht vs berät

Shared letters: bet. Private to "bejaht": ahj. Private to "berät": .

"bejaht" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "berät" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bejahtbbejaht · beajht · bejahht · bejahtt · bejath · bejhat · bejjaht · bjeaht

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bejaht" for "berät" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈjaːt] versus [bəˈʁɛːt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "bejaht" vs "berät" - which ranks higher?
"berät" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,824 in our German list, against #37,996 for "bejaht". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "bejaht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "berät" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,197,117 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bejaht" and "berät" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bejahen vs bejaht". 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 #1,197,117 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