beliefernvsbeliefertWhich spelling fits?

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

#35,659
“beliefern” frequency rank
#23,440
“beliefert” frequency rank
59099
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beliefern beliefert
Definition jemandem Waren zustellen Partizip Perfekt des Verbs beliefern

Where the eye mixes beliefern and beliefert

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. beliefern and beliefert follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
beliefern
9 ch
beliefert

Visual trap between beliefern and beliefert

A purely visual mix-up. beliefern ([bəˈliːfɐn]) and beliefert ([bəˈliːfɐt]) 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 a single letter - n in “beliefern” becomes t in “beliefert”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59099, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

beliefern is recorded at frequency rank #35,659, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈliːfɐn]. beliefert is at rank #23,440, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈliːfɐt].

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 59099, this pair ranks #837,368 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of beliefern vs beliefert

Shared letters: befilr. Private to "beliefern": n. Private to "beliefert": t.

"beliefern" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC  ·  "beliefert" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beliefern ← bbeliefern · beilefern · beleifern · belieefrn · beliefenr · beliefernn · belieferrn · belieffern
  • beliefert ← bbeliefert · beilefert · beleifert · belieefrt · belieferrt · beliefertt · beliefetr · belieffert

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "beliefern" and "beliefert" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈliːfɐn] versus [bəˈliːfɐt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "beliefern" or "beliefert" show up more?
"beliefert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,440 in our German list, against #35,659 for "beliefern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "beliefern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "beliefert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #837,368 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beliefern" and "beliefert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beliefen vs beliefern". 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 #837,368 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