bindingvsBindungWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#43,772
“binding” frequency rank
#7,582
“Bindung” frequency rank
51354
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature binding Bindung
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs bind Verbundenheit, enge Beziehung

Letter map: binding vs Bindung

Shared letters muted; letters that set binding and Bindung apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

7 ch
binding
7 ch
Bindung

Part-of-speech tell for binding / Bindung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: binding is averb and Bindunganoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “binding” becomes u in “Bindung”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

binding is recorded at frequency rank #43,772, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Bindung is at rank #7,582, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɪndʊŋ].

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 51354, this pair ranks #1,138,740 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of binding vs Bindung

Shared letters: bdgin. Private to "binding": -. Private to "Bindung": u.

"binding" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "Bindung" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bindingbbinding · bidning · bindding · bindign · bindingg · bindinng · bindnig · binidng
  • Bindungbbindung · bidnung · binddung · bindnug · bindugn · bindungg · bindunng · binndung

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "binding" and "Bindung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "binding" is a verb and "Bindung" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "binding" or "Bindung" show up more?
"Bindung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,582 in our German list, against #43,772 for "binding". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "binding" and "Bindung".

  • Full dictionary entry for "binding" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bindung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,138,740 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "binding" and "Bindung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "binding 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 #1,138,740 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