Which to use
“bewährter” and “bewährtes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,767
- “bewährter” frequency rank
- #43,768
- “bewährtes” frequency rank
- 87535
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bewährter | bewährtes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewährt |
Where the eye mixes bewährter and bewährtes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. bewährter and bewährtes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: bewährter vs bewährtes
A purely visual mix-up. bewährter ([bəˈvɛːɐ̯tɐ]) 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 - r in “bewährter” becomes s in “bewährtes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87535, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bewährter is recorded at frequency rank #43,767, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvɛːɐ̯tɐ]. 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 87535, this pair ranks #79,209 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bewährter vs bewährtes
Shared letters: behrtwä. Private to "bewährter": -. Private to "bewährtes": s.
"bewährter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC · "bewährtes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bewährter" and "bewährtes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "bewährter" or "bewährtes" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "bewährter" 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 #79,209 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bewährter" and "bewährtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewährter vs bezahlter". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #79,209 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.