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

#2,874
“Bereichen” frequency rank
#40,435
“Bereiches” frequency rank
43309
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bereichen Bereiches
Definition Dativ Plural des Substantivs Bereich Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Bereich

Where the eye mixes Bereichen and Bereiches

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. Bereichen and Bereiches follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
Bereichen
9 ch
Bereiches

Look-alike desk: Bereichen vs Bereiches

A purely visual mix-up. Bereichen ([bəˈʁaɪ̯çn̩]) and Bereiches ([bəˈʁaɪ̯çəs]) 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 a single letter - n in “Bereichen” becomes s in “Bereiches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bereichen is recorded at frequency rank #2,874, classified as anoun, pronounced [bəˈʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Bereiches is at rank #40,435, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bəˈʁaɪ̯çəs].

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 43309, this pair ranks #1,422,095 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Bereichen vs Bereiches

Shared letters: bcehir. Private to "Bereichen": n. Private to "Bereiches": s.

"Bereichen" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC  ·  "Bereiches" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bereichen ← bbereichen · beerichen · berecihen · bereicchen · bereicehn · bereichenn · bereichhen · bereichne
  • Bereiches ← bbereiches · beeriches · berecihes · bereicches · bereicehs · bereichess · bereichhes · bereichse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Bereichen" and "Bereiches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈʁaɪ̯çn̩] versus [bəˈʁaɪ̯çəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Bereichen" vs "Bereiches" - which ranks higher?
"Bereichen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,874 in our German list, against #40,435 for "Bereiches". 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 "Bereichen" and "Bereiches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bereichen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bereiches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,422,095 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bereichen" and "Bereiches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bereiches vs Berichts". 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 #1,422,095 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