BlendervsblindesTell them apart

Quick tell: Blender is a noun, blindes is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Blender” is a noun and “blindes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,017
“Blender” frequency rank
#44,496
“blindes” frequency rank
78513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Blender blindes
Definition ein Mensch, der jemanden blendet, also betrügt; Betrüger, Hochstapler Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blind

Where the eye mixes Blender and blindes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Blender and blindes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
Blender
7 ch
blindes

Look-alike desk: Blender vs blindes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Blender is [ˈblɛndɐ] while blindes is [ˈblɪndəs]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Blender is recorded at frequency rank #34,017, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈblɛndɐ]. blindes is at rank #44,496, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈblɪndəs].

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 78513, this pair ranks #236,667 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Blender vs blindes

Shared letters: bdeln. Private to "Blender": r. Private to "blindes": is.

"Blender" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "blindes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Blender ← bblender · belnder · bledner · blendder · blenderr · blendre · blenedr · blennder
  • blindes ← bblindes · bilndes · blidnes · blinddes · blindess · blindse · blineds · blinndes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Blender" for "blindes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Blender" is a noun and "blindes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Blender" or "blindes" show up more?
"Blender" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,017 in our German list, against #44,496 for "blindes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Blender" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "blindes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #236,667 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Blender" and "blindes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blindes vs blonder". 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 #236,667 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