Which to use
“bedeutend” and “bedeutender” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,818
- “bedeutend” frequency rank
- #11,181
- “bedeutender” frequency rank
- 21999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bedeutend | bedeutender |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit viel Ansehen und Einfluss; von großer Wichtigkeit seiend | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedeutend |
Where the eye mixes bedeutend and bedeutender
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. bedeutend runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCC) against bedeutender's 11 (CVCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bedeutend vs bedeutender
A purely visual mix-up. bedeutend ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩t]) and bedeutender ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dɐ]) 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 “bedeutender”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21999, 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]. bedeutender is at rank #11,181, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dɐ].
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 21999, this pair ranks #1,879,575 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bedeutend vs bedeutender
Shared letters: bdentu. Private to "bedeutend": -. Private to "bedeutender": r.
"bedeutend" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC · "bedeutender" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bedeutend ← bbedeutend · bdeeutend · beddeutend · bedetuend · bedeuetnd · bedeutedn · bedeutendd · bedeutennd
- bedeutender ← bbedeutender · bdeeutender · beddeutender · bedetuender · bedeuetnder · bedeutedner · bedeutendder · bedeutenderr
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bedeutend" and "bedeutender" 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 "bedeutender" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,879,575 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bedeutend" and "bedeutender" 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 #1,879,575 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.