beendetvsbeendetenTell them apart

Which to use

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

#2,191
“beendet” frequency rank
#23,041
“beendeten” frequency rank
25232
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beendet beendeten
Definition zum Ende/Abschluss gebracht/geführt; abgeschlossen, vollendet Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs beendet

Where the eye mixes beendet and beendeten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. beendet runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against beendeten's 9 (CVVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
beendet
9 ch
beendeten

Look-alike desk: beendet vs beendeten

A purely visual mix-up. beendet ([bəˈʔɛndət]) and beendeten ([bəˈʔɛndətn̩]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “beendet” sits inside “beendeten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

beendet is recorded at frequency rank #2,191, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʔɛndət]. beendeten is at rank #23,041, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʔɛndətn̩].

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 25232, this pair ranks #1,836,239 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of beendet vs beendeten

Shared letters: bdent. Private to "beendet": -. Private to "beendeten": -.

"beendet" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "beendeten" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beendet ← bbeendet · beednet · beenddet · beendett · beendte · beenedt · beenndet · bendet
  • beendeten ← bbeendeten · beedneten · beenddeten · beendeetn · beendetenn · beendetne · beendetten · beendteen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "beendet" and "beendeten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈʔɛndət] versus [bəˈʔɛndətn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "beendet" vs "beendeten" - which ranks higher?
"beendet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,191 in our German list, against #23,041 for "beendeten". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "beendet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "beendeten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,836,239 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beendet" and "beendeten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beendet vs beneidet". 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 #1,836,239 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