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

#27,221
“bezahlbar” frequency rank
#29,506
“bezahlbaren” frequency rank
56727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bezahlbar bezahlbaren
Definition bezahlt werden könnend Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bezahlbar

Where the eye mixes bezahlbar and bezahlbaren

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. bezahlbar runs 9 letters (CVCVCCCVC) against bezahlbaren's 11 (CVCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
bezahlbar
11 ch
bezahlbaren

Visual trap between bezahlbar and bezahlbaren

A purely visual mix-up. bezahlbar ([bəˈt͡saːlbaːɐ̯]) and bezahlbaren ([bəˈt͡saːlbaːʁən]) 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) - “bezahlbar” sits inside “bezahlbaren”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bezahlbar is recorded at frequency rank #27,221, classified as anadj, pronounced [bəˈt͡saːlbaːɐ̯]. bezahlbaren is at rank #29,506, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bəˈt͡saːlbaːʁən].

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 56727, this pair ranks #928,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bezahlbar vs bezahlbaren

Shared letters: abehlrz. Private to "bezahlbar": -. Private to "bezahlbaren": n.

"bezahlbar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC  ·  "bezahlbaren" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bezahlbar ← bbezahlbar · beazhlbar · bezahblar · bezahhlbar · bezahlabr · bezahlbarr · bezahlbbar · bezahlbra
  • bezahlbaren ← bbezahlbaren · beazhlbaren · bezahblaren · bezahhlbaren · bezahlabren · bezahlbaern · bezahlbarenn · bezahlbarne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bezahlbar" for "bezahlbaren" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bəˈt͡saːlbaːɐ̯] versus [bəˈt͡saːlbaːʁən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "bezahlbar" or "bezahlbaren" show up more?
"bezahlbar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,221 in our German list, against #29,506 for "bezahlbaren". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "bezahlbar" and "bezahlbaren" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bezahlbar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bezahlbaren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #928,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bezahlbar" and "bezahlbaren" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bezahlbar vs bezahlter". 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 #928,978 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