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.
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
- bedeutend ← bbedeutend · bdeeutend · beddeutend · bedetuend · bedeuetnd · bedeutedn · bedeutendd · bedeutennd
- bedeutende ← bbedeutende · bdeeutende · beddeutende · bedetuende · bedeuetnde · bedeutedne · bedeutendde · bedeutened
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.