beiden
[ˈbaɪ̯dn̩]
The verdict
“beiden” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #240
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural der starken Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
Corpus desk
Index DE-beiden · beiden · German
beiden · rank #240 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #240
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH allem
Nearest frequency peer: allem (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “beiden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sagt
sagt
99,764 corpus weight
- Teil
Teil
99,763 corpus weight
- allem
allem
99,762 corpus weight
- beiden
beiden
99,761 corpus weight
- davon
davon
99,760 corpus weight
- eigentlich
eigentlich
99,759 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “beiden” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beiden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈbaɪ̯dn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “beiden” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around beiden (IPA [ˈbaɪ̯dn̩]), anunknown. Corpus frequency is #240 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for beiden, with forms such as "bbeiden", "bedien", and "beidden". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Bein", "bien", "Boden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is beiden, spelled B-E-I-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural der starken Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
- 2Nominativ Plural der schwachen Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
- 3Genitiv Plural der schwachen Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
- 4Dativ Plural der schwachen Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
- 5Akkusativ Plural der schwachen Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
- 6Nominativ Plural der gemischten Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
- 7Genitiv Plural der gemischten Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
- 8Dativ Plural der gemischten Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
- 9Akkusativ Plural der gemischten Flexion des Indefinitpronomens beide
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbeiden
- bedien
- beidden
- beidenn
- beidne
- beiedn
- bieden
- ebiden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beiden - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beiden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "beiden". Here's where to go from here.
- "beiden" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Bein". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #240 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.