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“bewährte” and “bewährten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,315
- “bewährte” frequency rank
- #17,536
- “bewährten” frequency rank
- 32851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bewährte | bewährten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt |
Where the eye mixes bewährte and bewährten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. bewährte runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against bewährten's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bewährte vs bewährten
A purely visual mix-up. bewährte ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tə]) and bewährten ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “bewährte” sits inside “bewährten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bewährte is recorded at frequency rank #15,315, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯tə]. 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 32851, this pair ranks #1,698,657 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bewährte vs bewährten
Shared letters: behrtwä. Private to "bewährte": -. Private to "bewährten": n.
"bewährte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "bewährten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bewährte" and "bewährten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "bewährte" or "bewährten" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bewährte" and "bewährten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bewährte" 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 #1,698,657 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bewährte" and "bewährten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "berührten vs bewährten". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,698,657 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.