blödesvsbodiesConfusable pair

Quick tell: blödes is a adjective, bodies is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#25,478
“blödes” frequency rank
#48,791
“bodies” frequency rank
74269
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blödes bodies
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blöde Plural des Substantivs body

Letter map: blödes vs bodies

Shared letters muted; letters that set blödes and bodies apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. blödes (CCVCVC) and bodies (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
blödes
6 ch
bodies

Part-of-speech tell for blödes / bodies

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: blödes is anadjective and bodiesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blödes is recorded at frequency rank #25,478, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbløːdəs]. bodies is at rank #48,791, 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 74269, this pair ranks #337,902 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of blödes vs bodies

Shared letters: bdes. Private to "blödes": lö. Private to "bodies": io.

"blödes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "bodies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bodies ← bbodies · bdoies · boddies · bodeis · bodiess · bodise · boides · obdies

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "blödes" for "bodies" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blödes" is an adjective and "bodies" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "blödes" or "bodies"?
"blödes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,478 in our German list, against #48,791 for "bodies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "blödes" and "bodies".

  • Full dictionary entry for "blödes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bodies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #337,902 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blödes" and "bodies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bodies 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 #337,902 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