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

#14,697
“verabschiedete” frequency rank
#27,112
“verabschiedeten” frequency rank
41809
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verabschiedete verabschiedeten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verabschiedet Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verabschiedet

Where the eye mixes verabschiedete and verabschiedeten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 14 letters in sequence. verabschiedete runs 14 letters (CVCVCCCCVVCVCV) against verabschiedeten's 15 (CVCVCCCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch
verabschiedete
15 ch
verabschiedeten

Why the eye confuses verabschiedete with verabschiedeten

A purely visual mix-up. verabschiedete ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdətə]) and verabschiedeten ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdətn̩]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “verabschiedete” sits inside “verabschiedeten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verabschiedete is recorded at frequency rank #14,697, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdətə]. verabschiedeten is at rank #27,112, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdətn̩].

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 41809, this pair ranks #1,468,415 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verabschiedete vs verabschiedeten

Shared letters: abcdehirstv. Private to "verabschiedete": -. Private to "verabschiedeten": n.

"verabschiedete" · 14 letters · shape CVCVCCCCVVCVCV  ·  "verabschiedeten" · 15 letters · shape CVCVCCCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verabschiedete ← evrabschiedete · vearbschiedete · verabbschiedete · verabcshiedete · verabscchiedete · verabscheidete · verabschhiedete · verabschideete
  • verabschiedeten ← evrabschiedeten · vearbschiedeten · verabbschiedeten · verabcshiedeten · verabscchiedeten · verabscheideten · verabschhiedeten · verabschideeten

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verabschiedete" and "verabschiedeten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdətə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdətn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "verabschiedete" or "verabschiedeten" show up more?
"verabschiedete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,697 in our German list, against #27,112 for "verabschiedeten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verabschiedete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verabschiedeten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,468,415 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verabschiedete" and "verabschiedeten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verabschiede vs verabschiedete". 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 #1,468,415 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