bedanktvsbedingtTell them apart

Quick tell: bedankt is a verb, bedingt is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bedankt” is a verb and “bedingt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,776
“bedankt” frequency rank
#3,942
“bedingt” frequency rank
17718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bedankt bedingt
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bedanken nur unter bestimmten Bedingungen geschehend

Where the eye mixes bedankt and bedingt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bedankt and bedingt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
bedankt
7 ch
bedingt

Look-alike desk: bedankt vs bedingt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bedankt is [bəˈdaŋkt] while bedingt is [bəˈdɪŋt]. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bedankt is recorded at frequency rank #13,776, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈdaŋkt]. bedingt is at rank #3,942, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdɪŋt].

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 17718, this pair ranks #1,924,920 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bedankt vs bedingt

Shared letters: bdent. Private to "bedankt": ak. Private to "bedingt": gi.

"bedankt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "bedingt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bedankt ← bbedankt · bdeankt · beadnkt · bedaknt · bedankkt · bedanktt · bedannkt · bedantk
  • bedingt ← bbedingt · bdeingt · beddingt · bedignt · bedinggt · bedingtt · bedinngt · bedintg

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bedankt" and "bedingt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bedankt" is a verb and "bedingt" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "bedankt" or "bedingt"?
"bedingt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,942 in our German list, against #13,776 for "bedankt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "bedankt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bedingt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,924,920 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bedankt" and "bedingt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedankt vs belangt". 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 #1,924,920 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