Which to use
“bekannt” and “bekanntes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #463
- “bekannt” frequency rank
- #15,574
- “bekanntes” frequency rank
- 16037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bekannt | bekanntes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | von vielen gekannt, im Allgemeinwissen vorhanden | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bekannt |
Where the eye mixes bekannt and bekanntes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bekannt runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against bekanntes's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bekannt and bekanntes
A purely visual mix-up. bekannt ([bəˈkant]) and bekanntes ([bəˈkantəs]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “bekannt” sits inside “bekanntes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bekannt is recorded at frequency rank #463, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈkant]. bekanntes is at rank #15,574, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈkantəs].
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 16037, this pair ranks #1,939,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bekannt vs bekanntes
Shared letters: abeknt. Private to "bekannt": -. Private to "bekanntes": s.
"bekannt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "bekanntes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bekannt" for "bekanntes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bekannt" or "bekanntes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "bekannt" and "bekanntes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bekannt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bekanntes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,939,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bekannt" and "bekanntes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bekannt vs bekenne". 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 #1,939,125 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.