Which to use
“bewährt” and “bewährter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,245
- “bewährt” frequency rank
- #43,767
- “bewährter” frequency rank
- 54012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bewährt | bewährter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sich als fähig, geeignet, zuverlässig erwiesen habend | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt |
Where the eye mixes bewährt and bewährter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bewährt runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against bewährter's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bewährt vs bewährter
A purely visual mix-up. bewährt ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯t]) and bewährter ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tɐ]) 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) - “bewährt” sits inside “bewährter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54012, 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]. bewährter is at rank #43,767, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯tɐ].
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 54012, this pair ranks #1,035,522 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bewährt vs bewährter
Shared letters: behrtwä. Private to "bewährt": -. Private to "bewährter": -.
"bewährt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "bewährter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bewährt" and "bewährter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bewährt" or "bewährter"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bewährt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bewährter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,035,522 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bewährt" and "bewährter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewährter vs bewährtes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,035,522 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.