bewährtevsbewerteTell them apart

Quick tell: bewährte is a adjective, bewerte is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bewährte” is an adjective and “bewerte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,315
“bewährte” frequency rank
#32,955
“bewerte” frequency rank
48270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bewährte bewerte
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewerten

Where the eye mixes bewährte and bewerte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bewährte runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against bewerte's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
bewährte
7 ch
bewerte

Look-alike desk: bewährte vs bewerte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bewährte is [bəˈvɛːɐ̯tə] while bewerte is [bəˈveːɐ̯tə]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48270, 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]. bewerte is at rank #32,955, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈveːɐ̯tə].

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 48270, this pair ranks #1,254,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bewährte vs bewerte

Shared letters: bertw. Private to "bewährte": . Private to "bewerte": -.

"bewährte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV  ·  "bewerte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bewertebbewerte · beewrte · beweret · bewerrte · bewetre · bewrete · bewwerte · bweerte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bewährte" and "bewerte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bewährte" is an adjective and "bewerte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "bewährte" or "bewerte" show up more?
"bewährte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,315 in our German list, against #32,955 for "bewerte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "bewährte" and "bewerte" 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 "bewerte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,254,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bewährte" and "bewerte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "belebte vs bewerte". 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 #1,254,736 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list