Which to use
“bedanke” is a verb and “Bedenken” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,181
- “bedanke” frequency rank
- #2,873
- “Bedenken” frequency rank
- 24054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bedanke | Bedenken |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bedanken | das Erwägen von etwas, das Nachdenken über etwas |
Where the eye mixes bedanke and Bedenken
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: bedanke vs Bedenken
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bedanke is [bəˈdaŋkə] while Bedenken is [bəˈdɛŋkn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bedanke is recorded at frequency rank #21,181, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈdaŋkə]. Bedenken is at rank #2,873, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bəˈdɛŋkn̩].
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 24054, this pair ranks #1,852,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bedanke vs Bedenken
Shared letters: bdekn. Private to "bedanke": a. Private to "Bedenken": -.
"bedanke" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "Bedenken" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bedanke" for "Bedenken" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "bedanke" or "Bedenken" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bedanke" and "Bedenken" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bedanke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Bedenken" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,852,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bedanke" and "Bedenken" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedanke vs bedaure". 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 #1,852,965 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.