bedienen

[bəˈdiːnən]

/[bəˈdiːnən]/ verb

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The verdict

“bedienen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,686
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem Dienste leisten

Corpus desk

Index DE-bedienen · bedienen · German

bedienen · rank #4,686 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,686
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bearbeitet

Nearest frequency peer: bearbeitet (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bedienen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „bedienen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bedienen vs Beinen
63% similar
bedienen vs Bienen
63% similar
bedienen vs bedient
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bedienen
PropertyValue
Headwordbedienen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bəˈdiːnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,686
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bedienen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bedienenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bearbeitet“ (#4,685), „Berufung“ (#4,687), „Beamte“ (#4,684). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bedienen“ bei #4,686. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bedienen (IPA [bəˈdiːnən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,686 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bedienen, with forms such as "bbedienen", "bdeienen", and "beddienen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Beinen", "Bienen", "bedient", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bedienen, spelled B-E-D-I-E-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem Dienste leisten
  2. 2
    den Gang von etwas steuern und überwachen
  3. 3
    von etwas oder jemandem etwas nehmen; jemandes Fähigkeiten gebrauchen oder missbrauchen
  4. 4
    auf eine ausgespielte Farbkarte eine Karte der entsprechenden Farbe oder auf eine Trumpfkarte einen Trumpf zugeben (müssen)
  5. 5
    eine Leistung für einen bestimmten Empfänger oder einen bestimmten Zweck erbringen
  6. 6
    zuspielen, jemanden mit dem Ball (Puck oder dergleichen) ins Spiel bringen
  7. 7
    regelmäßige Rückzahlungen vornehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bedienen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Kaufmann bedient diesen Kunden freundlich.
  2. Der Arbeiter bediente die Maschine.

Antonyms

abwerfenstechenabspatzen

This word in other languages

serve(English)servir(Español)servir(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbedienen
  • bdeienen
  • beddienen
  • bedeinen
  • bedieenn
  • bedienenn
  • bedienne
  • bediennen
  • bedineen
  • beidenen
  • ebdienen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bedienen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbedienen1bdeienen2beddienen1bedeinen2bedieenn2bedienenn1bedienne2bediennen1
Edit distance from "bedienen"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bedienen"?
"bedienen" is spelled B-E-D-I-E-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈdiːnən].
What does "bedienen" mean?
As a verb, "bedienen" means: jemandem Dienste leisten
What words are commonly confused with "bedienen"?
"bedienen" is commonly confused with "Beinen", "Bienen", "bedient". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bedienen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bedienen" is [bəˈdiːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bedienen" come from?
"bedienen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bedienen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Berufung#4,687bestraft#4,688Auskunft#4,682aufbauen#4,677

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

geleitet11 variantsverwirrt11 variantsklingen11 variantsStörung11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list