Bein vs brun, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Bein” is a noun and “brun” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,799
“Bein” frequency rank: #48,026
“brun” frequency rank: 51825
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Bein	brun
Definition	Extremität zum Laufen und Stehen	braun

Letter map: Bein vs brun

Shared letters muted; letters that set Bein and brun apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Bein (CVVC) and brun (CCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch

Bein

4 ch

brun

Grammar separator: Bein vs brun

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Bein is anoun and brunanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51825, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bein is recorded at frequency rank #3,799, classified as anoun, pronounced [baɪ̯n]. brun is at rank #48,026, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

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 51825, this pair ranks #1,120,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Bein vs brun

Shared letters: bn. Private to "Bein": ei. Private to "brun": ru.

"Bein" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "brun" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Bein ← bbein · beinn · beni · ebin
brun ← bbrun · brnu · brrun · brunn · rbun

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Bein" for "brun" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Bein" is a noun and "brun" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "Bein" or "brun" show up more?

"Bein" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,799 in our German list, against #48,026 for "brun". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "Bein" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "brun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,120,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Bein" and "brun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brun vs puzzles". 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 #1,120,593 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.