veravsVerlagTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#8,302
“vera” frequency rank
#1,528
“Verlag” frequency rank
9830
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vera Verlag
Definition wahr, regelrecht ein Unternehmen, das Werke der Literatur, Kunst, Musik oder Wissenschaft vervielfältigt und verbreitet

Letter map: vera vs Verlag

Shared letters muted; letters that set vera and Verlag apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. vera runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Verlag's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
vera
6 ch
Verlag

Grammar separator: vera vs Verlag

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vera is anadjective and Verlaganoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vera is recorded at frequency rank #8,302, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Verlag is at rank #1,528, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlaːk].

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 9830, this pair ranks #1,978,089 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vera vs Verlag

Shared letters: aerv. Private to "vera": -. Private to "Verlag": gl.

"vera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Verlag" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veraevra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera
  • Verlagevrlag · velrag · veralg · verlagg · verlga · verllag · verrlag · vrelag

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vera" for "Verlag" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vera" is an adjective and "Verlag" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vera" vs "Verlag" - which ranks higher?
"Verlag" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,528 in our German list, against #8,302 for "vera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "vera" and "Verlag". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Verlag" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,978,089 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vera" and "Verlag" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs vera". 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 #1,978,089 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