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

#10,818
“bedeutend” frequency rank
#8,174
“bedeutenden” frequency rank
18992
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bedeutend bedeutenden
Definition mit viel Ansehen und Einfluss; von großer Wichtigkeit seiend Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bedeutend

Where the eye mixes bedeutend and bedeutenden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
bedeutend
11 ch
bedeutenden

Visual trap between bedeutend and bedeutenden

A purely visual mix-up. bedeutend ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩t]) and bedeutenden ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “bedeutend” sits inside “bedeutenden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18992, 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]. bedeutenden is at rank #8,174, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dən].

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 18992, this pair ranks #1,912,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bedeutend vs bedeutenden

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

"bedeutend" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC  ·  "bedeutenden" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bedeutendbbedeutend · bdeeutend · beddeutend · bedetuend · bedeuetnd · bedeutedn · bedeutendd · bedeutennd
  • bedeutendenbbedeutenden · bdeeutenden · beddeutenden · bedetuenden · bedeuetnden · bedeutednen · bedeutendden · bedeutendenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bedeutend" and "bedeutenden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩t] versus [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "bedeutend" or "bedeutenden"?
"bedeutenden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,174 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.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "bedeutend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bedeutenden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,912,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bedeutend" and "bedeutenden" 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 #1,912,871 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