Which to use
“bilde” is a verb and “blade” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,249
- “bilde” frequency rank
- #21,552
- “blade” frequency rank
- 33801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bilde | blade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bilden | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blad |
Where the eye mixes bilde and blade
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between bilde and blade
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bilde is [ˈbɪldə] while blade is [ˈblaːdə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bilde is recorded at frequency rank #12,249, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbɪldə]. blade is at rank #21,552, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈblaːdə].
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 33801, this pair ranks #1,677,825 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bilde vs blade
Shared letters: bdel. Private to "bilde": i. Private to "blade": a.
"bilde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "blade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bilde" for "blade" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bilde" or "blade"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bilde" and "blade" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bilde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,677,825 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bilde" and "blade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blade vs Blazer". 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 #1,677,825 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.