Which to use
“verbannen” is a verb and “verbrannten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,758
- “verbannen” frequency rank
- #25,375
- “verbrannten” frequency rank
- 49133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbannen | verbrannten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemanden mit einem Bann belegen, jemand eines Gebiets verweisen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbrannt |
Where the eye mixes verbannen and verbrannten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verbannen runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against verbrannten's 11 (CVCCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verbannen vs verbrannten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verbannen is [fɛɐ̯ˈbanən] while verbrannten is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁantn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbannen is recorded at frequency rank #23,758, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbanən]. verbrannten is at rank #25,375, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁantn̩].
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 49133, this pair ranks #1,222,890 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verbannen vs verbrannten
Shared letters: abenrv. Private to "verbannen": -. Private to "verbrannten": t.
"verbannen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "verbrannten" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbannen ← evrbannen · vebrannen · verabnnen · verbanen · verbanenn · verbannenn · verbannne · verbbannen
- verbrannten ← evrbrannten · vebrrannten · verbarnnten · verbbrannten · verbrannetn · verbranntenn · verbranntne · verbranntten
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbannen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verbrannten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,222,890 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbannen" and "verbrannten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbrannten vs verdrängten". 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 #1,222,890 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.