BietervsbietetWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Bieter is a noun, bietet is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Bieter” is a noun and “bietet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,508
“Bieter” frequency rank
#963
“bietet” frequency rank
30471
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bieter bietet
Definition jemand, der ein Gebot abgibt; der bietet 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bieten

Where the eye mixes Bieter and bietet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Bieter
6 ch
bietet

Visual trap between Bieter and bietet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Bieter is [ˈbiːtɐ] while bietet is [ˈbiːtət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “Bieter” becomes t in “bietet”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bieter is recorded at frequency rank #29,508, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbiːtɐ]. bietet is at rank #963, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbiːtət].

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 30471, this pair ranks #1,747,198 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Bieter vs bietet

Shared letters: beit. Private to "Bieter": r. Private to "bietet": -.

"Bieter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "bietet" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bieterbbieter · beiter · bieetr · bieterr · bietre · bietter · biteer · ibeter
  • bietetbbietet · beitet · bieett · bietett · biette · biettet · biteet · ibetet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Bieter" and "bietet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Bieter" is a noun and "bietet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Bieter" or "bietet" show up more?
"bietet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #963 in our German list, against #29,508 for "Bieter". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bieter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bietet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,747,198 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bieter" and "bietet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bieres vs Bieter". 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 #1,747,198 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