Which to use
“bewohnt” and “bewohnte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,026
- “bewohnt” frequency rank
- #29,505
- “bewohnte” frequency rank
- 43531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bewohnt | bewohnte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nicht leer stehend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bewohnt |
Where the eye mixes bewohnt and bewohnte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bewohnt runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against bewohnte's 8 (CVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bewohnt and bewohnte
A purely visual mix-up. bewohnt ([bəˈvoːnt]) and bewohnte ([bəˈvoːntə]) 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) - “bewohnt” sits inside “bewohnte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bewohnt is recorded at frequency rank #14,026, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvoːnt]. bewohnte is at rank #29,505, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈvoːntə].
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 43531, this pair ranks #1,415,147 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bewohnt vs bewohnte
Shared letters: behnotw. Private to "bewohnt": -. Private to "bewohnte": -.
"bewohnt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "bewohnte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bewohnt" and "bewohnte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "bewohnt" or "bewohnte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bewohnt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bewohnte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,415,147 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bewohnt" and "bewohnte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bewohnen vs bewohnte". 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 #1,415,147 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.