gebadetvsGebäudenTell them apart

Quick tell: gebadet is a verb, Gebäuden is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gebadet” is a verb and “Gebäuden” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,545
“gebadet” frequency rank
#6,797
“Gebäuden” frequency rank
39342
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gebadet Gebäuden
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs baden Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gebäude

Where the eye mixes gebadet and Gebäuden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gebadet runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against Gebäuden's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
gebadet
8 ch
Gebäuden

Look-alike desk: gebadet vs Gebäuden

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gebadet is [ɡəˈbaːdət] while Gebäuden is [ɡəˈbɔɪ̯dn̩]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gebadet is recorded at frequency rank #32,545, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈbaːdət]. Gebäuden is at rank #6,797, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈbɔɪ̯dn̩].

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 39342, this pair ranks #1,539,420 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of gebadet vs Gebäuden

Shared letters: bdeg. Private to "gebadet": at. Private to "Gebäuden": nuä.

"gebadet" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "Gebäuden" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gebadet ← egbadet · gbeadet · geabdet · gebaddet · gebadett · gebadte · gebaedt · gebbadet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gebadet" and "Gebäuden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gebadet" is a verb and "Gebäuden" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "gebadet" or "Gebäuden"?
"Gebäuden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,797 in our German list, against #32,545 for "gebadet". 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 "gebadet" and "Gebäuden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gebadet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Gebäuden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,539,420 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gebadet" and "Gebäuden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gebadet vs gerodet". 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 #1,539,420 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