bedachtevsBerichteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: bedachte is a adjective, Berichte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bedachte” is an adjective and “Berichte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,790
“bedachte” frequency rank
#3,173
“Berichte” frequency rank
48963
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bedachte Berichte
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedacht Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Bericht

Where the eye mixes bedachte and Berichte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
bedachte
8 ch
Berichte

Look-alike desk: bedachte vs Berichte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bedachte is [bəˈdaxtə] while Berichte is [bəˈʁɪçtə]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48963, 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]. Berichte is at rank #3,173, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bəˈʁɪçtə].

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 48963, this pair ranks #1,229,077 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bedachte vs Berichte

Shared letters: bceht. Private to "bedachte": ad. Private to "Berichte": ir.

"bedachte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV  ·  "Berichte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bedachtebbedachte · bdeachte · beadchte · bedacchte · bedachet · bedachhte · bedachtte · bedacthe
  • Berichtebberichte · beirchte · bercihte · bericchte · berichet · berichhte · bericthe · berihcte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bedachte" and "Berichte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bedachte" is an adjective and "Berichte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "bedachte" vs "Berichte" - which ranks higher?
"Berichte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,173 in our German list, against #45,790 for "bedachte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "bedachte" and "Berichte" 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 "Berichte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,229,077 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bedachte" and "Berichte" 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 #1,229,077 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list