bedingenvsbedingtConfusable pair

Quick tell: bedingen is a verb, bedingt is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#42,366
“bedingen” frequency rank
#3,942
“bedingt” frequency rank
46308
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bedingen bedingt
Definition etwas zur Folge haben nur unter bestimmten Bedingungen geschehend

Where the eye mixes bedingen and bedingt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. bedingen runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against bedingt's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
bedingen
7 ch
bedingt

Visual trap between bedingen and bedingt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bedingen is [bəˈdɪŋən] while bedingt is [bəˈdɪŋt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bedingen is recorded at frequency rank #42,366, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈdɪŋən]. bedingt is at rank #3,942, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈdɪŋt].

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 46308, this pair ranks #1,323,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bedingen vs bedingt

Shared letters: bdegin. Private to "bedingen": -. Private to "bedingt": t.

"bedingen" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "bedingt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bedingen ← bbedingen · bdeingen · beddingen · bedignen · bedinegn · bedingenn · bedinggen · bedingne
  • bedingt ← bbedingt · bdeingt · beddingt · bedignt · bedinggt · bedingtt · bedinngt · bedintg

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bedingen" for "bedingt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bedingen" is a verb and "bedingt" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "bedingen" vs "bedingt" - which ranks higher?
"bedingt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,942 in our German list, against #42,366 for "bedingen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bedingen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bedingt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,323,613 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bedingen" and "bedingt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bedingen vs begingen". 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 #1,323,613 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