bediene vs Beine, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“bediene” is a verb and “Beine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,157
“bediene” frequency rank: #2,192
“Beine” frequency rank: 47349
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	bediene	Beine
Definition	1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bedienen	Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Bein

Where the eye mixes bediene and Beine

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bediene runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against Beine's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch

bediene

5 ch

Beine

Look-alike desk: bediene vs Beine

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bediene is [bəˈdiːnə] while Beine is [ˈbaɪ̯nə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bediene is recorded at frequency rank #45,157, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈdiːnə]. Beine is at rank #2,192, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbaɪ̯nə].

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 47349, this pair ranks #1,287,395 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bediene vs Beine

Shared letters: bein. Private to "bediene": d. Private to "Beine": -.

"bediene" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "Beine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

bediene ← bbediene · bdeiene · beddiene · bedeine · bedieen · bedinee · beidene · ebdiene
Beine ← bbeine · beien · beinne · benie · ebine

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bediene" for "Beine" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bediene" is a verb and "Beine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "bediene" or "Beine" show up more?

"Beine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,192 in our German list, against #45,157 for "bediene". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "bediene" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Beine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,287,395 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"bediene" and "Beine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bediene vs bedienten". 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 #1,287,395 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.