Which to use
“bewegt” and “bewegten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,430
- “bewegt” frequency rank
- #14,754
- “bewegten” frequency rank
- 17184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bewegt | bewegten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | von Höhen und Tiefen geprägt | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewegt |
Where the eye mixes bewegt and bewegten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bewegt runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against bewegten's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bewegt vs bewegten
A purely visual mix-up. bewegt ([bəˈveːkt]) and bewegten ([bəˈveːktn̩]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “bewegt” sits inside “bewegten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17184, 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]. bewegten is at rank #14,754, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈveːktn̩].
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 17184, this pair ranks #1,929,642 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bewegt vs bewegten
Shared letters: begtw. Private to "bewegt": -. Private to "bewegten": n.
"bewegt" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "bewegten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bewegt" and "bewegten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "bewegt" or "bewegten" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bewegt" and "bewegten" 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 "bewegten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,929,642 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bewegt" and "bewegten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewegend vs bewegten". 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 #1,929,642 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.