courtvsveraWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#14,536
“court” frequency rank
#8,302
“vera” frequency rank
22838
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature court vera
Definition der Hof, der Hinterhof, der Schulhof, der Spielplatz wahr, regelrecht

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set court and vera apart are highlighted. They share 1 letter in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
court
4 ch
vera

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: court is anoun and veraanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

court is recorded at frequency rank #14,536, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. vera is at rank #8,302, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

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 22838, this pair ranks #1,869,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of court vs vera

Shared letters: r. Private to "court": cotu. Private to "vera": aev.

"court" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "vera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • courtccourt · corut · courrt · courtt · coutr · cuort · ocurt
  • veraevra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera

Frequency comparison

court#14,536
vera#8,302

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "court" and "vera" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "court" is a noun and "vera" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "court" or "vera"?
"vera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,302 in our German list, against #14,536 for "court". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering court vs vera

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “court”; for an adjective, it's “vera”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “court” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list