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

#11,181
“bedeutender” frequency rank
#23,848
“bedeutendes” frequency rank
35029
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bedeutender bedeutendes
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs bedeutend Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bedeutend

Where the eye mixes bedeutender and bedeutendes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. bedeutender and bedeutendes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
bedeutender
11 ch
bedeutendes

Why the eye confuses bedeutender with bedeutendes

A purely visual mix-up. bedeutender ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dɐ]) and bedeutendes ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dəs]) 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 a single letter - r in “bedeutender” becomes s in “bedeutendes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bedeutender is recorded at frequency rank #11,181, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dɐ]. bedeutendes is at rank #23,848, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dəs].

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 35029, this pair ranks #1,649,707 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bedeutender vs bedeutendes

Shared letters: bdentu. Private to "bedeutender": r. Private to "bedeutendes": s.

"bedeutender" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCVC  ·  "bedeutendes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bedeutender ← bbedeutender · bdeeutender · beddeutender · bedetuender · bedeuetnder · bedeutedner · bedeutendder · bedeutenderr
  • bedeutendes ← bbedeutendes · bdeeutendes · beddeutendes · bedetuendes · bedeuetndes · bedeutednes · bedeutenddes · bedeutendess

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bedeutender" and "bedeutendes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dɐ] versus [bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩dəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "bedeutender" or "bedeutendes"?
"bedeutender" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,181 in our German list, against #23,848 for "bedeutendes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bedeutender" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bedeutendes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,649,707 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bedeutender" and "bedeutendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedeutend vs bedeutendes". 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 #1,649,707 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