Which to use
“Bieter” is a noun and “breiter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,508
- “Bieter” frequency rank
- #6,519
- “breiter” frequency rank
- 36027
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bieter | breiter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemand, der ein Gebot abgibt; der bietet | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs breit |
Where the eye mixes Bieter and breiter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Bieter runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against breiter's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between Bieter and breiter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Bieter is [ˈbiːtɐ] while breiter is [ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36027, 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]. breiter is at rank #6,519, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʁaɪ̯tɐ].
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 36027, this pair ranks #1,625,782 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Bieter vs breiter
Shared letters: beirt. Private to "Bieter": -. Private to "breiter": -.
"Bieter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "breiter" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Bieter" for "breiter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Bieter" or "breiter"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Bieter" and "breiter" 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 "breiter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,625,782 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bieter" and "breiter" 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 #1,625,782 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.