BindungvsBindungenWhat's the difference?

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“Bindung” and “Bindungen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,582
“Bindung” frequency rank
#20,533
“Bindungen” frequency rank
28115
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bindung Bindungen
Definition Verbundenheit, enge Beziehung Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Bindung

Where the eye mixes Bindung and Bindungen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
Bindung
9 ch
Bindungen

Visual trap between Bindung and Bindungen

A purely visual mix-up. Bindung ([ˈbɪndʊŋ]) and Bindungen ([ˈbɪndʊŋən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Bindung” sits inside “Bindungen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bindung is recorded at frequency rank #7,582, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɪndʊŋ]. Bindungen is at rank #20,533, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɪndʊŋən].

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 28115, this pair ranks #1,790,290 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Bindung vs Bindungen

Shared letters: bdginu. Private to "Bindung": -. Private to "Bindungen": e.

"Bindung" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "Bindungen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bindungbbindung · bidnung · binddung · bindnug · bindugn · bindungg · bindunng · binndung
  • Bindungenbbindungen · bidnungen · binddungen · bindnugen · bindugnen · bindunegn · bindungenn · bindunggen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Bindung" for "Bindungen" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbɪndʊŋ] versus [ˈbɪndʊŋən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Bindung" or "Bindungen"?
"Bindung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,582 in our German list, against #20,533 for "Bindungen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bindung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bindungen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,790,290 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bindung" and "Bindungen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "binding vs Bindung". 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 #1,790,290 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