beendevsBlindeTell them apart

Quick tell: beende is a verb, Blinde is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#28,089
“beende” frequency rank
#11,396
“Blinde” frequency rank
39485
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beende Blinde
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs beenden weibliche Person, die nicht sehen kann

Where the eye mixes beende and Blinde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
beende
6 ch
Blinde

Why the eye confuses beende with Blinde

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: beende is [bəˈʔɛndə] while Blinde is [ˈblɪndə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39485, 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]. Blinde is at rank #11,396, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈblɪndə].

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 39485, this pair ranks #1,535,488 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of beende vs Blinde

Shared letters: bden. Private to "beende": -. Private to "Blinde": il.

"beende" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "Blinde" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beendebbeende · beedne · beendde · beened · beennde · bende · benede · ebende
  • Blindebblinde · bilnde · blidne · blindde · blined · blinnde · bllinde · blnide

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "beende" for "Blinde" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "beende" is a verb and "Blinde" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "beende" or "Blinde"?
"Blinde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,396 in our German list, against #28,089 for "beende". 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 "beende" and "Blinde" 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 "Blinde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,535,488 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beende" and "Blinde" 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 #1,535,488 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