bedeutendvsbedeutestConfusable pair

Quick tell: bedeutend is a adjective, bedeutest is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#10,818
“bedeutend” frequency rank
#47,985
“bedeutest” frequency rank
58803
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bedeutend bedeutest
Definition mit viel Ansehen und Einfluss; von großer Wichtigkeit seiend 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bedeuten

Where the eye mixes bedeutend and bedeutest

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bedeutend and bedeutest follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
bedeutend
9 ch
bedeutest

Look-alike desk: bedeutend vs bedeutest

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bedeutend is [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩t] while bedeutest is [bəˈdɔɪ̯təst]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58803, 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]. bedeutest is at rank #47,985, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈdɔɪ̯təst].

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 58803, this pair ranks #848,712 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bedeutend vs bedeutest

Shared letters: bdetu. Private to "bedeutend": n. Private to "bedeutest": s.

"bedeutend" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC  ·  "bedeutest" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bedeutendbbedeutend · bdeeutend · beddeutend · bedetuend · bedeuetnd · bedeutedn · bedeutendd · bedeutennd
  • bedeutestbbedeutest · bdeeutest · beddeutest · bedetuest · bedeuetst · bedeutesst · bedeutestt · bedeutets

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bedeutend" and "bedeutest" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bedeutend" is an adjective and "bedeutest" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "bedeutend" or "bedeutest"?
"bedeutend" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,818 in our German list, against #47,985 for "bedeutest". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "bedeutend" and "bedeutest" 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 "bedeutest" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #848,712 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bedeutend" and "bedeutest" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedeute 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 #848,712 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