veravsversahWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,302
“vera” frequency rank
#31,859
“versah” frequency rank
40161
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vera versah
Definition wahr, regelrecht 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs versehen

Letter map: vera vs versah

Shared letters muted; letters that set vera and versah apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
vera
6 ch
versah

Grammar separator: vera vs versah

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vera is anadjective and versahaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vera is recorded at frequency rank #8,302, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. versah is at rank #31,859, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈzaː].

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 40161, this pair ranks #1,516,340 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vera vs versah

Shared letters: aerv. Private to "vera": -. Private to "versah": hs.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veraevra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera
  • versahevrsah · verash · verrsah · versahh · versha · verssah · vesrah · vresah

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vera" and "versah" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vera" is an adjective and "versah" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vera" or "versah"?
"vera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,302 in our German list, against #31,859 for "versah". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "versah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,516,340 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vera" and "versah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "versah vs vorsah". 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 #1,516,340 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