begingvsBeginnConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#19,512
“beging” frequency rank
#874
“Beginn” frequency rank
20386
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature beging Beginn
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs begehen Zeitpunkt, an dem etwas anfängt oder gestartet wird

Where the eye mixes beging and Beginn

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
beging
6 ch
Beginn

Look-alike desk: beging vs Beginn

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: beging is [bəˈɡɪŋ] while Beginn is [bəˈɡɪn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - g in “beging” becomes n in “Beginn”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

beging is recorded at frequency rank #19,512, classified as averb, pronounced [bəˈɡɪŋ]. Beginn is at rank #874, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bəˈɡɪn].

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 20386, this pair ranks #1,898,249 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of beging vs Beginn

Shared letters: begin. Private to "beging": -. Private to "Beginn": -.

"beging" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "Beginn" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • begingbbeging · begging · begign · begingg · beginng · begnig · beigng · bgeing
  • Beginnbbeginn · begginn · begnin · beignn · bgeinn · ebginn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "beging" for "Beginn" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "beging" is a verb and "Beginn" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "beging" vs "Beginn" - which ranks higher?
"Beginn" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #874 in our German list, against #19,512 for "beging". 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 "beging" and "Beginn" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "beging" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Beginn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,898,249 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "beging" and "Beginn" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beging vs begingen". 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 #1,898,249 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