bewunderevsbewundernWhat's the difference?

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

#18,839
“bewundere” frequency rank
#10,822
“bewundern” frequency rank
29661
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bewundere bewundern
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bewundern etwas oder jemanden als außergewöhnlich betrachten, hochschätzen

Where the eye mixes bewundere and bewundern

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. bewundere (CVCVCCVCV) and bewundern (CVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
bewundere
9 ch
bewundern

Look-alike desk: bewundere vs bewundern

A purely visual mix-up. bewundere ([bəˈvʊndəʁə]) and bewundern ([bəˈvʊndɐn]) 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 “bewundere” becomes n in “bewundern”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bewundere is recorded at frequency rank #18,839, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈvʊndəʁə]. bewundern is at rank #10,822, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈvʊndɐn].

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 29661, this pair ranks #1,762,625 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bewundere vs bewundern

Shared letters: bdenruw. Private to "bewundere": -. Private to "bewundern": -.

"bewundere" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "bewundern" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bewundere ← bbewundere · beuwndere · bewnudere · bewudnere · bewunddere · bewundeer · bewunderre · bewundree
  • bewundern ← bbewundern · beuwndern · bewnudern · bewudnern · bewunddern · bewundenr · bewundernn · bewunderrn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bewundere" and "bewundern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈvʊndəʁə] versus [bəˈvʊndɐn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "bewundere" vs "bewundern" - which ranks higher?
"bewundern" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,822 in our German list, against #18,839 for "bewundere". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bewundere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bewundern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,762,625 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bewundere" and "bewundern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bekundete vs bewundere". 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 #1,762,625 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