verabschiedenvsverabschiedetWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“verabschieden” and “verabschiedet” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,411
“verabschieden” frequency rank
#5,778
“verabschiedet” frequency rank
13189
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verabschieden verabschiedet
Definition durch spezielle Handlungen gegenüber einer Person dieser deutlich machen, dass man sich von ihr entfernen wird Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verabschieden

Where the eye mixes verabschieden and verabschiedet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. verabschieden and verabschiedet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

13 ch
verabschieden
13 ch
verabschiedet

Look-alike desk: verabschieden vs verabschiedet

A purely visual mix-up. verabschieden ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdn̩]) and verabschiedet ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdət]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “verabschieden” becomes t in “verabschiedet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verabschieden is recorded at frequency rank #7,411, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdn̩]. verabschiedet is at rank #5,778, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdət].

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 13189, this pair ranks #1,959,556 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verabschieden vs verabschiedet

Shared letters: abcdehirsv. Private to "verabschieden": n. Private to "verabschiedet": t.

"verabschieden" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCCCVVCVC  ·  "verabschiedet" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verabschieden ← evrabschieden · vearbschieden · verabbschieden · verabcshieden · verabscchieden · verabscheiden · verabschhieden · verabschideen
  • verabschiedet ← evrabschiedet · vearbschiedet · verabbschiedet · verabcshiedet · verabscchiedet · verabscheidet · verabschhiedet · verabschideet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verabschieden" and "verabschiedet" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdn̩] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdət]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verabschieden" vs "verabschiedet" - which ranks higher?
"verabschiedet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,778 in our German list, against #7,411 for "verabschieden". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "verabschieden" and "verabschiedet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verabschieden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verabschiedet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,959,556 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verabschieden" and "verabschiedet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verabschiede vs verabschieden". 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 #1,959,556 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