RandevsrundesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,915
“Rande” frequency rank
#34,891
“rundes” frequency rank
38806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rande rundes
Definition Rote Beete; rotes Knollengemüse; roh oder gekocht essbar. Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rund

Where the eye mixes Rande and rundes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Rande
6 ch
rundes

Visual trap between Rande and rundes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Rande is [ˈʁandə] while rundes is [ˈʁʊndəs]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rande is recorded at frequency rank #3,915, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁandə]. rundes is at rank #34,891, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁʊndəs].

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 38806, this pair ranks #1,554,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Rande vs rundes

Shared letters: denr. Private to "Rande": a. Private to "rundes": su.

"Rande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "rundes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Randearnde · radne · randde · raned · rannde · rnade · rrande
  • rundesrnudes · rrundes · rudnes · runddes · rundess · rundse · runeds · runndes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Rande" and "rundes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rande" is a noun and "rundes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Rande" or "rundes"?
"Rande" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,915 in our German list, against #34,891 for "rundes". 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 "Rande" and "rundes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rundes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,554,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rande" and "rundes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rades vs rundes". 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 #1,554,124 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