Which to use
“berühmt” and “berühmter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,511
- “berühmt” frequency rank
- #15,578
- “berühmter” frequency rank
- 22089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | berühmt | berühmter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | prominent, in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt und meist angesehen | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs berühmt |
Where the eye mixes berühmt and berühmter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. berühmt runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against berühmter's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between berühmt and berühmter
A purely visual mix-up. berühmt ([bəˈʁyːmt]) and berühmter ([bəˈʁyːmtɐ]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “berühmt” sits inside “berühmter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
berühmt is recorded at frequency rank #6,511, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʁyːmt]. berühmter is at rank #15,578, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʁyːmtɐ].
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 22089, this pair ranks #1,878,471 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of berühmt vs berühmter
Shared letters: behmrtü. Private to "berühmt": -. Private to "berühmter": -.
"berühmt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "berühmter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "berühmt" and "berühmter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "berühmt" or "berühmter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "berühmt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "berühmter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,878,471 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "berühmt" and "berühmter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "berühmter vs berührten". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,878,471 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.