beltvsBildWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#35,093
“belt” frequency rank
#349
“Bild” frequency rank
35442
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature belt Bild
Definition Gürtel, Gurt (künstlerische) zweidimensionale Darstellung und Wiedergabe in Form eines Gemäldes, einer Zeichnung oder Grafik

Where the eye mixes belt and Bild

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
belt
4 ch
Bild

Look-alike desk: belt vs Bild

A purely visual mix-up. belt ([bɛlt]) and Bild ([bɪlt]) 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 35442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

belt is recorded at frequency rank #35,093, classified as anoun, pronounced [bɛlt]. Bild is at rank #349, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bɪlt].

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 35442, this pair ranks #1,639,903 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of belt vs Bild

Shared letters: bl. Private to "belt": et. Private to "Bild": di.

"belt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Bild" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • beltbbelt · beltt · betl · blet · eblt
  • Bildbbild · bidl · bildd · billd · blid · ibld

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "belt" and "Bild" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([bɛlt] versus [bɪlt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "belt" or "Bild" show up more?
"Bild" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #349 in our German list, against #35,093 for "belt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "belt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bild" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,639,903 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "belt" and "Bild" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bal vs belt". 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 #1,639,903 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