BingenvsblindenTell them apart

Quick tell: Bingen is a name, blinden is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Bingen” is a name and “blinden” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,194
“Bingen” frequency rank
#13,787
“blinden” frequency rank
33981
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bingen blinden
Definition Eine Stadt am Mittelrhein zwischen Mainz und Koblenz im Landkreis Mainz-Bingen Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blind

Where the eye mixes Bingen and blinden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Bingen
7 ch
blinden

Visual trap between Bingen and blinden

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Bingen is [ˈbɪŋən] while blinden is [ˈblɪndn̩]. 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 (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bingen is recorded at frequency rank #20,194, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈbɪŋən]. blinden is at rank #13,787, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈblɪndn̩].

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 33981, this pair ranks #1,673,715 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Bingen vs blinden

Shared letters: bein. Private to "Bingen": g. Private to "blinden": dl.

"Bingen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "blinden" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bingenbbingen · bignen · binegn · bingenn · binggen · bingne · binngen · bnigen
  • blindenbblinden · bilnden · blidnen · blindden · blindenn · blindne · blinedn · blinnden

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Bingen" and "blinden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Bingen" is a name and "blinden" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Bingen" or "blinden"?
"blinden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,787 in our German list, against #20,194 for "Bingen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bingen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "blinden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,673,715 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bingen" and "blinden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bingen vs Bonzen". 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 #1,673,715 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