Which to use
“Bewerber” is a noun and “beworben” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,516
- “Bewerber” frequency rank
- #9,337
- “beworben” frequency rank
- 15853
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bewerber | beworben |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Person, die einen Antrag stellt, um etwas zu bekommen | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bewerben |
Where the eye mixes Bewerber and beworben
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Bewerber and beworben follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Bewerber with beworben
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Bewerber is [bəˈvɛʁbɐ] while beworben is [bəˈvɔʁbn̩]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Bewerber is recorded at frequency rank #6,516, classified as anoun, pronounced [bəˈvɛʁbɐ]. beworben is at rank #9,337, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈvɔʁbn̩].
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 15853, this pair ranks #1,940,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Bewerber vs beworben
Shared letters: berw. Private to "Bewerber": -. Private to "beworben": no.
"Bewerber" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "beworben" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Bewerber" for "beworben" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Bewerber" vs "beworben" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Bewerber" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "beworben" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,940,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bewerber" and "beworben" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bewerb vs Bewerber". 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 #1,940,633 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.