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

#5,913
“bedeutende” frequency rank
#8,174
“bedeutenden” frequency rank
14087
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bedeutende bedeutenden
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bedeutend Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bedeutend

Where the eye mixes bedeutende and bedeutenden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. bedeutende runs 10 letters (CVCVVCVCCV) against bedeutenden's 11 (CVCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
bedeutende
11 ch
bedeutenden

Look-alike desk: bedeutende vs bedeutenden

A purely visual mix-up. bedeutende ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩də]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “bedeutende” sits inside “bedeutenden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bedeutende is recorded at frequency rank #5,913, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩də]. 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 14087, this pair ranks #1,953,649 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bedeutende vs bedeutenden

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

"bedeutende" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV  ·  "bedeutenden" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bedeutende ← bbedeutende · bdeeutende · beddeutende · bedetuende · bedeuetnde · bedeutedne · bedeutendde · bedeutened
  • bedeutenden ← bbedeutenden · bdeeutenden · beddeutenden · bedetuenden · bedeuetnden · bedeutednen · bedeutendden · bedeutendenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bedeutende" and "bedeutenden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩də] versus [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "bedeutende" or "bedeutenden"?
"bedeutende" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,913 in our German list, against #8,174 for "bedeutenden". 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 "bedeutende" and "bedeutenden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bedeutende" 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 #1,953,649 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bedeutende" and "bedeutenden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedeutenden vs bedeuteten". 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 #1,953,649 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