BewertungvsBewirtungTell them apart

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

#3,565
“Bewertung” frequency rank
#45,177
“Bewirtung” frequency rank
48742
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bewertung Bewirtung
Definition Vorgang, der den Wert von etwas abschätzt, festlegt Versorgung von Gästen mit Lebensmitteln und Ähnlichem

Where the eye mixes Bewertung and Bewirtung

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. Bewertung and Bewirtung follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
Bewertung
9 ch
Bewirtung

Visual trap between Bewertung and Bewirtung

A purely visual mix-up. Bewertung ([bəˈveːɐ̯tʊŋ]) and Bewirtung ([bəˈvɪʁtʊŋ]) 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 - e in “Bewertung” becomes i in “Bewirtung”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48742, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bewertung is recorded at frequency rank #3,565, classified as anoun, pronounced [bəˈveːɐ̯tʊŋ]. Bewirtung is at rank #45,177, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bəˈvɪʁtʊŋ].

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 48742, this pair ranks #1,237,368 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Bewertung vs Bewirtung

Shared letters: begnrtuw. Private to "Bewertung": -. Private to "Bewirtung": i.

"Bewertung" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "Bewirtung" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bewertung ← bbewertung · beewrtung · bewerrtung · bewertnug · bewerttung · bewertugn · bewertungg · bewertunng
  • Bewirtung ← bbewirtung · beiwrtung · bewirrtung · bewirtnug · bewirttung · bewirtugn · bewirtungg · bewirtunng

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Bewertung" for "Bewirtung" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈveːɐ̯tʊŋ] versus [bəˈvɪʁtʊŋ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Bewertung" or "Bewirtung"?
"Bewertung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,565 in our German list, against #45,177 for "Bewirtung". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bewertung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bewirtung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,237,368 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bewertung" and "Bewirtung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bewerbung vs Bewirtung". 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 #1,237,368 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