Which to use
“bestehenden” and “bestehendes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,174
- “bestehenden” frequency rank
- #22,655
- “bestehendes” frequency rank
- 25829
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bestehenden | bestehendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs bestehend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bestehend |
Where the eye mixes bestehenden and bestehendes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between bestehenden and bestehendes
A purely visual mix-up. bestehenden ([bəˈʃteːəndn̩]) 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 a single letter - n in “bestehenden” becomes s in “bestehendes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bestehenden is recorded at frequency rank #3,174, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈʃteːəndn̩]. 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 25829, this pair ranks #1,827,353 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bestehenden vs bestehendes
Shared letters: bdehnst. Private to "bestehenden": -. Private to "bestehendes": -.
"bestehenden" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC · "bestehendes" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bestehenden ← bbestehenden · besethenden · besstehenden · besteehnden · bestehednen · bestehendden · bestehendenn · bestehendne
- bestehendes ← bbestehendes · besethendes · besstehendes · besteehndes · bestehednes · bestehenddes · bestehendess · bestehendse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bestehenden" and "bestehendes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bestehenden" or "bestehendes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bestehenden" and "bestehendes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bestehenden" 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 #1,827,353 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bestehenden" 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 #1,827,353 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.