Which to use
“bewährt” and “bewährte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,245
- “bewährt” frequency rank
- #15,315
- “bewährte” frequency rank
- 25560
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bewährt | bewährte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sich als fähig, geeignet, zuverlässig erwiesen habend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt |
Where the eye mixes bewährt and bewährte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bewährt runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against bewährte's 8 (CVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bewährt vs bewährte
A purely visual mix-up. bewährt ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯t]) and bewährte ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tə]) 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 extra letter(s) - “bewährt” sits inside “bewährte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bewährt is recorded at frequency rank #10,245, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯t]. bewährte is at rank #15,315, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯tə].
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 25560, this pair ranks #1,831,413 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bewährt vs bewährte
Shared letters: behrtwä. Private to "bewährt": -. Private to "bewährte": -.
"bewährt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "bewährte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bewährt" for "bewährte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bewährt" vs "bewährte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bewährt" and "bewährte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bewährt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bewährte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,831,413 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bewährt" and "bewährte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewährte vs bewährtes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,831,413 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.