bewegtvsbewegteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,430
“bewegt” frequency rank
#9,864
“bewegte” frequency rank
12294
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bewegt bewegte
Definition von Höhen und Tiefen geprägt Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewegt

Where the eye mixes bewegt and bewegte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
bewegt
7 ch
bewegte

Look-alike desk: bewegt vs bewegte

A purely visual mix-up. bewegt ([bəˈveːkt]) and bewegte ([bəˈveːktə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “bewegt” sits inside “bewegte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bewegt is recorded at frequency rank #2,430, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈveːkt]. bewegte is at rank #9,864, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈveːktə].

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 12294, this pair ranks #1,965,043 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bewegt vs bewegte

Shared letters: begtw. Private to "bewegt": -. Private to "bewegte": -.

"bewegt" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "bewegte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bewegtbbewegt · beewgt · beweggt · bewegtt · bewetg · bewget · bewwegt · bweegt
  • bewegtebbewegte · beewgte · beweget · beweggte · bewegtte · bewetge · bewgete · bewwegte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bewegt" and "bewegte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈveːkt] versus [bəˈveːktə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "bewegt" vs "bewegte" - which ranks higher?
"bewegt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,430 in our German list, against #9,864 for "bewegte". 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 "bewegt" and "bewegte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bewegt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bewegte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,965,043 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bewegt" and "bewegte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beweg vs bewegte". 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 #1,965,043 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