bewegtevsbewertetWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bewegte is a adjective, bewertet is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bewegte” is an adjective and “bewertet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,864
“bewegte” frequency rank
#4,026
“bewertet” frequency rank
13890
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bewegte bewertet
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewegt 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewerten

Where the eye mixes bewegte and bewertet

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

7 ch
bewegte
8 ch
bewertet

Visual trap between bewegte and bewertet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bewegte is [bəˈveːktə] while bewertet is [bəˈveːɐ̯tət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13890, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bewegte is recorded at frequency rank #9,864, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈveːktə]. bewertet is at rank #4,026, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈveːɐ̯tət].

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 13890, this pair ranks #1,954,983 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bewegte vs bewertet

Shared letters: betw. Private to "bewegte": g. Private to "bewertet": r.

"bewegte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "bewertet" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bewegtebbewegte · beewgte · beweget · beweggte · bewegtte · bewetge · bewgete · bewwegte
  • bewertetbbewertet · beewrtet · bewerett · bewerrtet · bewertett · bewertte · bewerttet · bewetret

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bewegte" and "bewertet" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bewegte" is an adjective and "bewertet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "bewegte" or "bewertet" show up more?
"bewertet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,026 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "bewegte" and "bewertet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bewegte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bewertet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,954,983 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bewegte" and "bewertet" 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 #1,954,983 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