# because vs bedaure

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### because
*conjunction · IPA [bɪˈkʌz] · frequency rank #13,775*
da, weil

### bedaure
*verb · IPA [bəˈdaʊ̯ʁə] · frequency rank #38,626*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bedauern

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/because-vs-bedaure