beendetvsbekundetWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,191
“beendet” frequency rank
#25,065
“bekundet” frequency rank
27256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beendet bekundet
Definition zum Ende/Abschluss gebracht/geführt; abgeschlossen, vollendet 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bekunden

Where the eye mixes beendet and bekundet

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

7 ch
beendet
8 ch
bekundet

Visual trap between beendet and bekundet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: beendet is [bəˈʔɛndət] while bekundet is [bəˈkʊndət]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27256, 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]. bekundet is at rank #25,065, tagged as averb, pronounced [bəˈkʊndət].

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 27256, this pair ranks #1,804,720 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of beendet vs bekundet

Shared letters: bdent. Private to "beendet": -. Private to "bekundet": ku.

"beendet" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "bekundet" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beendetbbeendet · beednet · beenddet · beendett · beendte · beenedt · beenndet · bendet
  • bekundetbbekundet · bekkundet · beknudet · bekudnet · bekunddet · bekundett · bekundte · bekunedt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "beendet" for "bekundet" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "beendet" is an adjective and "bekundet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "beendet" vs "bekundet" - which ranks higher?
"beendet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,191 in our German list, against #25,065 for "bekundet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "beendet" and "bekundet" 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 "bekundet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,804,720 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beendet" and "bekundet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bekundet vs bekundete". 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 #1,804,720 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