bewährtevsbewohnteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“bewährte” and “bewohnte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,315
“bewährte” frequency rank
#29,505
“bewohnte” frequency rank
44820
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bewährte bewohnte
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewohnt

Where the eye mixes bewährte and bewohnte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bewährte and bewohnte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
bewährte
8 ch
bewohnte

Look-alike desk: bewährte vs bewohnte

A purely visual mix-up. bewährte ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tə]) and bewohnte ([bəˈvoːntə]) 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 44820, 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]. bewohnte is at rank #29,505, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvoːntə].

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 44820, this pair ranks #1,373,682 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bewährte vs bewohnte

Shared letters: behtw. Private to "bewährte": rä. Private to "bewohnte": no.

"bewährte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV  ·  "bewohnte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bewohnte ← bbewohnte · beowhnte · bewhonte · bewohhnte · bewohnet · bewohnnte · bewohntte · bewohtne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bewährte" and "bewohnte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tə] versus [bəˈvoːntə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "bewährte" or "bewohnte" show up more?
"bewährte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,315 in our German list, against #29,505 for "bewohnte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "bewährte" and "bewohnte" 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 "bewohnte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,373,682 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bewährte" and "bewohnte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewohnen vs bewohnte". 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 #1,373,682 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