Which to use
“bedachte” is an adjective and “bedankte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,790
- “bedachte” frequency rank
- #25,910
- “bedankte” frequency rank
- 71700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bedachte | bedankte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedacht | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs bedanken |
Where the eye mixes bedachte and bedankte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: bedachte vs bedankte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bedachte is [bəˈdaxtə] while bedankte is [bəˈdaŋktə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bedachte is recorded at frequency rank #45,790, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdaxtə]. bedankte is at rank #25,910, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈdaŋktə].
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 71700, this pair ranks #409,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bedachte vs bedankte
Shared letters: abdet. Private to "bedachte": ch. Private to "bedankte": kn.
"bedachte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "bedankte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bedachte" for "bedankte" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "bedachte" or "bedankte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bedachte" and "bedankte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bedachte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bedankte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bedachte" and "bedankte" 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 #409,365 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.