Which to use
“bereichern” and “bereichert” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,021
- “bereichern” frequency rank
- #14,022
- “bereichert” frequency rank
- 28043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bereichern | bereichert |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas durch etwas vollständiger, schöner (reicher) machen | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bereichern |
Where the eye mixes bereichern and bereichert
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. bereichern and bereichert follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses bereichern with bereichert
A purely visual mix-up. bereichern ([bəˈʁaɪ̯çɐn]) and bereichert ([bəˈʁaɪ̯çɐt]) 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 “bereichern” becomes t in “bereichert”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bereichern is recorded at frequency rank #14,021, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈʁaɪ̯çɐn]. bereichert is at rank #14,022, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈʁaɪ̯çɐt].
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 28043, this pair ranks #1,791,554 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bereichern vs bereichert
Shared letters: bcehir. Private to "bereichern": n. Private to "bereichert": t.
"bereichern" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC · "bereichert" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bereichern ← bbereichern · beerichern · berecihern · bereicchern · bereicehrn · bereichenr · bereichernn · bereicherrn
- bereichert ← bbereichert · beerichert · berecihert · bereicchert · bereicehrt · bereicherrt · bereichertt · bereichetr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bereichern" for "bereichert" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "bereichern" or "bereichert" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bereichern" and "bereichert" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bereichern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bereichert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,791,554 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bereichern" and "bereichert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bereichert vs Bereiches". 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 #1,791,554 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.