Which to use
“bewahren” is a verb and “bewährten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,868
- “bewahren” frequency rank
- #17,536
- “bewährten” frequency rank
- 22404
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bewahren | bewährten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas Positives auch in einer schwierigen Situation beibehalten | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt |
Where the eye mixes bewahren and bewährten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bewahren runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against bewährten's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bewahren vs bewährten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bewahren is [bəˈvaːʁən] while bewährten is [bəˈvɛːɐ̯tn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bewahren is recorded at frequency rank #4,868, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈvaːʁən]. bewährten is at rank #17,536, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯tn̩].
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 22404, this pair ranks #1,874,583 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bewahren vs bewährten
Shared letters: behnrw. Private to "bewahren": a. Private to "bewährten": tä.
"bewahren" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "bewährten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bewahren ← bbewahren · beawhren · bewahern · bewahhren · bewahrenn · bewahrne · bewahrren · bewarhen
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bewahren" for "bewährten" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bewahren" or "bewährten"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bewahren" and "bewährten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bewahren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bewährten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,874,583 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bewahren" and "bewährten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "berührten vs bewährten". 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 #1,874,583 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.