Which to use
“bedacht” is a verb and “bedachte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,288
- “bedacht” frequency rank
- #45,790
- “bedachte” frequency rank
- 53078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bedacht | bedachte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs bedachen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedacht |
Where the eye mixes bedacht and bedachte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bedacht runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against bedachte's 8 (CVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bedacht and bedachte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bedacht is [bəˈdaxt] while bedachte is [bəˈdaxtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bedacht” sits inside “bedachte”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bedacht is recorded at frequency rank #7,288, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈdaxt]. bedachte is at rank #45,790, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdaxtə].
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 53078, this pair ranks #1,071,908 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bedacht vs bedachte
Shared letters: abcdeht. Private to "bedacht": -. Private to "bedachte": -.
"bedacht" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "bedachte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bedacht" for "bedachte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bedacht" vs "bedachte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bedacht" and "bedachte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bedacht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bedachte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,071,908 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bedacht" and "bedachte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedachte vs bedeckte". 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 #1,071,908 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.