veravsVerbWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,302
“vera” frequency rank
#11,988
“Verb” frequency rank
20290
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vera Verb
Definition wahr, regelrecht Wort, mit dem eine Handlung (beispielsweise spielen, lachen, werfen), ein Zustand (glänzen, sich auflösen) oder ein Geschehen (regnen, schneien) ausgedrückt wird

Letter map: vera vs Verb

Shared letters muted; letters that set vera and Verb apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
vera
4 ch
Verb

Role in the sentence - vera and Verb

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vera is anadjective and Verbanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “vera” becomes b in “Verb”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vera is recorded at frequency rank #8,302, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Verb is at rank #11,988, tagged as anoun, pronounced [vɛʁp].

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 20290, this pair ranks #1,899,306 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vera vs Verb

Shared letters: erv. Private to "vera": a. Private to "Verb": b.

"vera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Verb" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veraevra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera
  • Verbevrb · vebr · verbb · verrb · vreb · vverb

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vera" for "Verb" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vera" is an adjective and "Verb" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "vera" or "Verb" show up more?
"vera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,302 in our German list, against #11,988 for "Verb". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vera" and "Verb".

  • Full dictionary entry for "vera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Verb" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,899,306 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vera" and "Verb" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Verb vs Vero". 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 #1,899,306 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