Which to use
“bemühte” and “berührte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,250
- “bemühte” frequency rank
- #19,848
- “berührte” frequency rank
- 34098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bemühte | berührte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bemüht | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs berührt |
Where the eye mixes bemühte and berührte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bemühte runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against berührte's 8 (CVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bemühte and berührte
A purely visual mix-up. bemühte ([bəˈmyːtə]) and berührte ([bəˈʁyːɐ̯tə]) 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 34098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bemühte is recorded at frequency rank #14,250, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈmyːtə]. berührte is at rank #19,848, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʁyːɐ̯tə].
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 34098, this pair ranks #1,671,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bemühte vs berührte
Shared letters: behtü. Private to "bemühte": m. Private to "berührte": r.
"bemühte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "berührte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bemühte" and "berührte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "bemühte" or "berührte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bemühte" and "berührte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bemühte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "berührte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,671,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bemühte" and "berührte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "berührte vs berührten". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,671,041 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.