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

#25,072
“bewertete” frequency rank
#32,956
“bewerteten” frequency rank
58028
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bewertete bewerteten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bewertet Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bewertet

Where the eye mixes bewertete and bewerteten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. bewertete runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against bewerteten's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
bewertete
10 ch
bewerteten

Visual trap between bewertete and bewerteten

A purely visual mix-up. bewertete ([bəˈveːɐ̯tətə]) and bewerteten ([bəˈveːɐ̯tətn̩]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “bewertete” sits inside “bewerteten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bewertete is recorded at frequency rank #25,072, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈveːɐ̯tətə]. bewerteten is at rank #32,956, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈveːɐ̯tətn̩].

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 58028, this pair ranks #878,515 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bewertete vs bewerteten

Shared letters: bertw. Private to "bewertete": -. Private to "bewerteten": n.

"bewertete" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "bewerteten" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bewertetebbewertete · beewrtete · bewerette · bewerrtete · bewerteet · bewertette · bewerttee · bewerttete
  • bewertetenbbewerteten · beewrteten · beweretten · bewerrteten · bewerteetn · bewertetenn · bewertetne · bewertetten

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bewertete" and "bewerteten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈveːɐ̯tətə] versus [bəˈveːɐ̯tətn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "bewertete" or "bewerteten" show up more?
"bewertete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,072 in our German list, against #32,956 for "bewerteten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bewertete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bewerteten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #878,515 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bewertete" and "bewerteten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedeuteten vs bewerteten". 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 #878,515 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