Which to use
“beliebt” and “beliebte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,504
- “beliebt” frequency rank
- #8,032
- “beliebte” frequency rank
- 11536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | beliebt | beliebte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | gern gesehen, sehr geschätzt | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs beliebt |
Where the eye mixes beliebt and beliebte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. beliebt runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against beliebte's 8 (CVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: beliebt vs beliebte
A purely visual mix-up. beliebt ([bəˈliːpt]) and beliebte ([bəˈliːptə]) 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) - “beliebt” sits inside “beliebte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
beliebt is recorded at frequency rank #3,504, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈliːpt]. beliebte is at rank #8,032, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈliːptə].
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 11536, this pair ranks #1,969,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of beliebt vs beliebte
Shared letters: beilt. Private to "beliebt": -. Private to "beliebte": -.
"beliebt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "beliebte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "beliebt" for "beliebte" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "beliebt" or "beliebte" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "beliebt" and "beliebte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "beliebt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "beliebte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,969,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "beliebt" and "beliebte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "belebte vs beliebte". 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 #1,969,380 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.