Which to use
“bestehende” and “bestehendes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,874
- “bestehende” frequency rank
- #22,655
- “bestehendes” frequency rank
- 26529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bestehende | bestehendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bestehend |
Where the eye mixes bestehende and bestehendes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. bestehende runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCCV) against bestehendes's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bestehende vs bestehendes
A purely visual mix-up. bestehende ([bəˈʃteːəndə]) and bestehendes ([bəˈʃteːəndəs]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “bestehende” sits inside “bestehendes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bestehende is recorded at frequency rank #3,874, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʃteːəndə]. bestehendes is at rank #22,655, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʃteːəndəs].
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 26529, this pair ranks #1,816,630 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bestehende vs bestehendes
Shared letters: bdehnst. Private to "bestehende": -. Private to "bestehendes": -.
"bestehende" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "bestehendes" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bestehende ← bbestehende · besethende · besstehende · besteehnde · bestehedne · bestehendde · bestehened · bestehennde
- bestehendes ← bbestehendes · besethendes · besstehendes · besteehndes · bestehednes · bestehenddes · bestehendess · bestehendse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bestehende" and "bestehendes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bestehende" vs "bestehendes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "bestehende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bestehendes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,816,630 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bestehende" and "bestehendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bestehender vs bestehendes". 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 #1,816,630 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.