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.
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?
In ordinary German text, does "bewährte" or "bewohnte" show up more?
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.