bildetvsbulletWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,961
“bildet” frequency rank
#32,975
“bullet” frequency rank
34936
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bildet bullet
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bilden Kugel

Letter map: bildet vs bullet

Shared letters muted; letters that set bildet and bullet apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
bildet
6 ch
bullet

Role in the sentence - bildet and bullet

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bildet is averb and bulletanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bildet is recorded at frequency rank #1,961, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbɪldət]. bullet is at rank #32,975, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 34936, this pair ranks #1,651,866 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bildet vs bullet

Shared letters: belt. Private to "bildet": di. Private to "bullet": u.

"bildet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "bullet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bildetbbildet · bidlet · bilddet · bildett · bildte · biledt · billdet · blidet
  • bulletbbullet · blulet · bulelt · bulet · bullett · bullte · ubllet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bildet" and "bullet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bildet" is a verb and "bullet" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "bildet" or "bullet" show up more?
"bildet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,961 in our German list, against #32,975 for "bullet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "bildet" vs "bullet" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bildet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bullet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,651,866 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bildet" and "bullet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bullet vs puzzles". 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 #1,651,866 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