bewährtenvsbewährtesWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#17,536
“bewährten” frequency rank
#43,768
“bewährtes” frequency rank
61304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bewährten bewährtes
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt

Where the eye mixes bewährten and bewährtes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. bewährten and bewährtes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
bewährten
9 ch
bewährtes

Visual trap between bewährten and bewährtes

A purely visual mix-up. bewährten ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tn̩]) and bewährtes ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯təs]) 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 a single letter - n in “bewährten” becomes s in “bewährtes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bewährten is recorded at frequency rank #17,536, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯tn̩]. bewährtes is at rank #43,768, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯təs].

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 61304, this pair ranks #754,798 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bewährten vs bewährtes

Shared letters: behrtwä. Private to "bewährten": n. Private to "bewährtes": s.

"bewährten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC  ·  "bewährtes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bewährten" for "bewährtes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tn̩] versus [bəˈvɛːɐ̯təs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "bewährten" or "bewährtes" show up more?
"bewährten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,536 in our German list, against #43,768 for "bewährtes". 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 "bewährten" and "bewährtes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bewährten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bewährtes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #754,798 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bewährten" and "bewährtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewährter vs bewährtes". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #754,798 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