Which to use
“erweisen” and “erwiesen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,272
- “erweisen” frequency rank
- #6,787
- “erwiesen” frequency rank
- 17059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | erweisen | erwiesen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | einen Nachweis erbringen | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs erweisen |
Where the eye mixes erweisen and erwiesen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: erweisen vs erwiesen
A purely visual mix-up. erweisen ([ɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯zn̩]) and erwiesen ([ɛɐ̯ˈviːzn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ei ↔ ie) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
erweisen is recorded at frequency rank #10,272, classified as averb, pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯zn̩]. erwiesen is at rank #6,787, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈviːzn̩].
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 17059, this pair ranks #1,930,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of erweisen vs erwiesen
Shared letters: einrsw. Private to "erweisen": -. Private to "erwiesen": -.
"erweisen" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC · "erwiesen" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "erweisen" and "erwiesen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "erweisen" vs "erwiesen" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "erweisen" and "erwiesen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "erweisen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "erwiesen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,930,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "erweisen" and "erwiesen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "erwehren vs erweisen". 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 #1,930,704 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.