beliebtvsbelieveWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: beliebt is a adjective, believe is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“beliebt” is an adjective and “believe” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,504
“beliebt” frequency rank
#24,638
“believe” frequency rank
28142
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beliebt believe
Definition gern gesehen, sehr geschätzt etwas glauben

Letter map: beliebt vs believe

Shared letters muted; letters that set beliebt and believe apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
beliebt
7 ch
believe

Part-of-speech tell for beliebt / believe

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: beliebt is anadjective and believeaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28142, 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]. believe is at rank #24,638, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 28142, this pair ranks #1,789,829 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of beliebt vs believe

Shared letters: beil. Private to "beliebt": t. Private to "believe": v.

"beliebt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "believe" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beliebtbbeliebt · beilebt · beleibt · belibet · beliebbt · beliebtt · belietb · belliebt
  • believebbelieve · beileve · beleive · belieev · believve · belivee · bellieve · bleieve

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "beliebt" for "believe" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "beliebt" is an adjective and "believe" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "beliebt" or "believe"?
"beliebt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,504 in our German list, against #24,638 for "believe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "beliebt" vs "believe" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "beliebt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "believe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,789,829 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beliebt" and "believe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "believe vs puzzles". 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 #1,789,829 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