Which to use
“berühmte” is an adjective and “beruht” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,569
- “berühmte” frequency rank
- #5,567
- “beruht” frequency rank
- 11136
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | berühmte | beruht |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs berühmt | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beruhen |
Where the eye mixes berühmte and beruht
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. berühmte runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against beruht's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: berühmte vs beruht
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: berühmte is [bəˈʁyːmtə] while beruht is [bəˈʁuːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
berühmte is recorded at frequency rank #5,569, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʁyːmtə]. beruht is at rank #5,567, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈʁuːt].
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 11136, this pair ranks #1,971,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of berühmte vs beruht
Shared letters: behrt. Private to "berühmte": mü. Private to "beruht": u.
"berühmte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "beruht" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- beruht ← bberuht · berhut · berruht · beruhht · beruhtt · beruth · beurht · breuht
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "berühmte" for "beruht" ever safe?
Frequency check: "berühmte" vs "beruht" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "berühmte" and "beruht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "berühmte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "beruht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,971,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "berühmte" and "beruht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "berühmte vs berührten". 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 #1,971,507 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.