Which to use
“Bader” is a noun and “blade” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,640
- “Bader” frequency rank
- #21,552
- “blade” frequency rank
- 44192
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bader | blade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Besitzer eines Bades, der auch Heilbehandlungen und Arbeiten eines Friseurs durchführte | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blad |
Where the eye mixes Bader and blade
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Bader and blade
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Bader is [ˈbaːdɐ] while blade is [ˈblaːdə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Bader is recorded at frequency rank #22,640, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbaːdɐ]. blade is at rank #21,552, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈblaːdə].
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 44192, this pair ranks #1,394,033 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Bader vs blade
Shared letters: abde. Private to "Bader": r. Private to "blade": l.
"Bader" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "blade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Bader" for "blade" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Bader" or "blade" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Bader" and "blade" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Bader" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,394,033 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bader" and "blade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bader vs Bauers". 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 #1,394,033 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.