BeinevsBeuteConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,192
“Beine” frequency rank
#5,151
“Beute” frequency rank
7343
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Beine Beute
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Bein durch Diebstahl, Raub oder Plünderung angeeignete Güter

Where the eye mixes Beine and Beute

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Beine
5 ch
Beute

Visual trap between Beine and Beute

A purely visual mix-up. Beine ([ˈbaɪ̯nə]) and Beute ([ˈbɔɪ̯tə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Beine is recorded at frequency rank #2,192, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbaɪ̯nə]. Beute is at rank #5,151, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɔɪ̯tə].

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 7343, this pair ranks #1,988,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Beine vs Beute

Shared letters: be. Private to "Beine": in. Private to "Beute": tu.

"Beine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Beute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Beinebbeine · beien · beinne · benie · ebine
  • Beutebbeute · betue · beuet · beutte · buete · ebute

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Beine" and "Beute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbaɪ̯nə] versus [ˈbɔɪ̯tə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Beine" or "Beute" show up more?
"Beine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,192 in our German list, against #5,151 for "Beute". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Beine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Beute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,988,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Beine" and "Beute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bebt vs Beute". 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 #1,988,507 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