bedeutendvsbedeutendeTell them apart

Which to use

“bedeutend” and “bedeutende” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,818
“bedeutend” frequency rank
#5,913
“bedeutende” frequency rank
16731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bedeutend bedeutende
Definition mit viel Ansehen und Einfluss; von großer Wichtigkeit seiend Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bedeutend

Where the eye mixes bedeutend and bedeutende

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. bedeutend runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCC) against bedeutende's 10 (CVCVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
bedeutend
10 ch
bedeutende

Why the eye confuses bedeutend with bedeutende

A purely visual mix-up. bedeutend ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩t]) and bedeutende ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩də]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bedeutend” sits inside “bedeutende”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bedeutend is recorded at frequency rank #10,818, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩t]. bedeutende is at rank #5,913, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩də].

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 16731, this pair ranks #1,933,433 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bedeutend vs bedeutende

Shared letters: bdentu. Private to "bedeutend": -. Private to "bedeutende": -.

"bedeutend" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC  ·  "bedeutende" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bedeutendbbedeutend · bdeeutend · beddeutend · bedetuend · bedeuetnd · bedeutedn · bedeutendd · bedeutennd
  • bedeutendebbedeutende · bdeeutende · beddeutende · bedetuende · bedeuetnde · bedeutedne · bedeutendde · bedeutened

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bedeutend" for "bedeutende" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩t] versus [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩də]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "bedeutend" or "bedeutende"?
"bedeutende" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,913 in our German list, against #10,818 for "bedeutend". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "bedeutend" and "bedeutende" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bedeutend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bedeutende" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,933,433 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bedeutend" and "bedeutende" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedeutend vs bedeutest". 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 #1,933,433 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