belegtevsbereiteWhich spelling fits?

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

#7,290
“belegte” frequency rank
#15,576
“bereite” frequency rank
22866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature belegte bereite
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs belegt Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bereit

Where the eye mixes belegte and bereite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
belegte
7 ch
bereite

Look-alike desk: belegte vs bereite

A purely visual mix-up. belegte ([bəˈleːktə]) and bereite ([bəˈʁaɪ̯tə]) 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 22866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

belegte is recorded at frequency rank #7,290, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈleːktə]. bereite is at rank #15,576, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʁaɪ̯tə].

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 22866, this pair ranks #1,868,722 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of belegte vs bereite

Shared letters: bet. Private to "belegte": gl. Private to "bereite": ir.

"belegte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "bereite" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • belegtebbelegte · beelgte · beleget · beleggte · belegtte · beletge · belgete · bellegte
  • bereitebbereite · beerite · bereiet · beretie · beriete · berreite · breeite · ebreite

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "belegte" and "bereite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈleːktə] versus [bəˈʁaɪ̯tə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "belegte" or "bereite" show up more?
"belegte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,290 in our German list, against #15,576 for "bereite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "belegte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bereite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,868,722 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "belegte" and "bereite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bereite vs betrete". 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 #1,868,722 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