beendevsbeendetTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#28,089
“beende” frequency rank
#2,191
“beendet” frequency rank
30280
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beende beendet
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beenden zum Ende/Abschluss gebracht/geführt; abgeschlossen, vollendet

Where the eye mixes beende and beendet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
beende
7 ch
beendet

Look-alike desk: beende vs beendet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: beende is [bəˈʔɛndə] while beendet is [bəˈʔɛndət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “beende” sits inside “beendet”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

beende is recorded at frequency rank #28,089, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈʔɛndə]. beendet is at rank #2,191, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʔɛndət].

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 30280, this pair ranks #1,750,939 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of beende vs beendet

Shared letters: bden. Private to "beende": -. Private to "beendet": t.

"beende" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "beendet" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beendebbeende · beedne · beendde · beened · beennde · bende · benede · ebende
  • beendetbbeendet · beednet · beenddet · beendett · beendte · beenedt · beenndet · bendet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "beende" for "beendet" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "beende" is a verb and "beendet" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "beende" or "beendet" show up more?
"beendet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,191 in our German list, against #28,089 for "beende". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "beende" and "beendet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "beende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "beendet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,750,939 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beende" and "beendet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beende vs bekenne". 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 #1,750,939 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