bewertenvsbewertetWhich spelling fits?

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

#5,461
“bewerten” frequency rank
#4,026
“bewertet” frequency rank
9487
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bewerten bewertet
Definition den Wert oder die Qualität von etwas abschätzen, bestimmen oder festlegen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewerten

Where the eye mixes bewerten and bewertet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bewerten and bewertet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
bewerten
8 ch
bewertet

Look-alike desk: bewerten vs bewertet

A purely visual mix-up. bewerten ([bəˈveːɐ̯tn̩]) and bewertet ([bəˈveːɐ̯tət]) 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 a single letter - n in “bewerten” becomes t in “bewertet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bewerten is recorded at frequency rank #5,461, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈveːɐ̯tn̩]. 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 9487, this pair ranks #1,979,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bewerten vs bewertet

Shared letters: bertw. Private to "bewerten": n. Private to "bewertet": -.

"bewerten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "bewertet" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bewertenbbewerten · beewrten · beweretn · bewerrten · bewertenn · bewertne · bewertten · bewetren
  • bewertetbbewertet · beewrtet · bewerett · bewerrtet · bewertett · bewertte · bewerttet · bewetret

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bewerten" and "bewertet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈveːɐ̯tn̩] versus [bəˈveːɐ̯tət]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "bewerten" or "bewertet"?
"bewertet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,026 in our German list, against #5,461 for "bewerten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "bewerten" 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 #1,979,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bewerten" and "bewertet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewerfen vs bewerten". 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 #1,979,713 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