Which to use
“bewährt” and “bewohnt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,245
- “bewährt” frequency rank
- #14,026
- “bewohnt” frequency rank
- 24271
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bewährt | bewohnt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sich als fähig, geeignet, zuverlässig erwiesen habend | nicht leer stehend |
Where the eye mixes bewährt and bewohnt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bewährt and bewohnt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses bewährt with bewohnt
A purely visual mix-up. bewährt ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯t]) and bewohnt ([bəˈvoːnt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24271, 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]. bewohnt is at rank #14,026, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvoːnt].
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 24271, this pair ranks #1,849,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bewährt vs bewohnt
Shared letters: behtw. Private to "bewährt": rä. Private to "bewohnt": no.
"bewährt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "bewohnt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bewohnt ← bbewohnt · beowhnt · bewhont · bewohhnt · bewohnnt · bewohntt · bewohtn · bewonht
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bewährt" for "bewohnt" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "bewährt" or "bewohnt" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bewährt" and "bewohnt" 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 "bewohnt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,849,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bewährt" and "bewohnt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewährt vs bewährtes". 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 #1,849,982 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.