bundesweitenvsbundesweiterWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#16,945
“bundesweiten” frequency rank
#48,032
“bundesweiter” frequency rank
64977
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bundesweiten bundesweiter
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bundesweit Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bundesweit

Where the eye mixes bundesweiten and bundesweiter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. bundesweiten and bundesweiter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
bundesweiten
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bundesweiter

Why the eye confuses bundesweiten with bundesweiter

A purely visual mix-up. bundesweiten ([ˈbʊndəsˌvaɪ̯tn̩]) and bundesweiter ([ˈbʊndəsˌvaɪ̯tɐ]) 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 a single letter - n in “bundesweiten” becomes r in “bundesweiter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bundesweiten is recorded at frequency rank #16,945, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsˌvaɪ̯tn̩]. bundesweiter is at rank #48,032, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsˌvaɪ̯tɐ].

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 64977, this pair ranks #622,758 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bundesweiten vs bundesweiter

Shared letters: bdeinstuw. Private to "bundesweiten": -. Private to "bundesweiter": r.

"bundesweiten" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCVC  ·  "bundesweiter" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bundesweitenbbundesweiten · bnudesweiten · budnesweiten · bunddesweiten · bundesewiten · bundessweiten · bundesweietn · bundesweitenn
  • bundesweiterbbundesweiter · bnudesweiter · budnesweiter · bunddesweiter · bundesewiter · bundessweiter · bundesweietr · bundesweiterr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bundesweiten" for "bundesweiter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbʊndəsˌvaɪ̯tn̩] versus [ˈbʊndəsˌvaɪ̯tɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "bundesweiten" or "bundesweiter" show up more?
"bundesweiten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,945 in our German list, against #48,032 for "bundesweiter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bundesweiten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bundesweiter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #622,758 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bundesweiten" and "bundesweiter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bundesweite vs bundesweiter". 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 #622,758 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