bewegtenvsbewerfenWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#14,754
“bewegten” frequency rank
#37,406
“bewerfen” frequency rank
52160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bewegten bewerfen
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewegt jemanden oder etwas mit einem durch die Luft beförderten Gegenstand zu treffen suchen

Where the eye mixes bewegten and bewerfen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bewegten and bewerfen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
bewegten
8 ch
bewerfen

Visual trap between bewegten and bewerfen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bewegten is [bəˈveːktn̩] while bewerfen is [bəˈvɛʁfn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bewegten is recorded at frequency rank #14,754, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈveːktn̩]. bewerfen is at rank #37,406, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈvɛʁfn̩].

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 52160, this pair ranks #1,107,751 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bewegten vs bewerfen

Shared letters: benw. Private to "bewegten": gt. Private to "bewerfen": fr.

"bewegten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "bewerfen" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bewegtenbbewegten · beewgten · bewegetn · beweggten · bewegtenn · bewegtne · bewegtten · bewetgen
  • bewerfenbbewerfen · beewrfen · bewefren · bewerefn · bewerfenn · bewerffen · bewerfne · bewerrfen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bewegten" for "bewerfen" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bewegten" is an adjective and "bewerfen" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "bewegten" or "bewerfen" show up more?
"bewegten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,754 in our German list, against #37,406 for "bewerfen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "bewegten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bewerfen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,107,751 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bewegten" and "bewerfen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewerfen vs bewerte". 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 #1,107,751 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