Which to use
“Beete” and “Breite” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,462
- “Beete” frequency rank
- #1,915
- “Breite” frequency rank
- 35377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Beete | Breite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Beet | horizontale Ausdehnung, Dimension, als Gegenstück zur Länge, Höhe oder Tiefe eine messbare Strecke an zweidimensionalen oder dreidimensionalen, rechtwinkligen Objekten, an Flächen und Körpern |
Where the eye mixes Beete and Breite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Beete vs Breite
A purely visual mix-up. Beete ([ˈbeːtə]) and Breite ([ˈbʁaɪ̯tə]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Beete is recorded at frequency rank #33,462, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbeːtə]. Breite is at rank #1,915, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʁaɪ̯tə].
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 35377, this pair ranks #1,641,464 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Beete vs Breite
Shared letters: bet. Private to "Beete": -. Private to "Breite": ir.
"Beete" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Breite" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Beete" for "Breite" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Beete" or "Breite" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Beete" and "Breite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Beete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Breite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,641,464 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Beete" and "Breite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Beete vs breeze". 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 #1,641,464 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.