Which to use
“verbannen” is a verb and “verbunden” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,758
- “verbannen” frequency rank
- #1,309
- “verbunden” frequency rank
- 25067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbannen | verbunden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemanden mit einem Bann belegen, jemand eines Gebiets verweisen | mit etwas gebunden/umbunden seiend |
Where the eye mixes verbannen and verbunden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verbannen and verbunden follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: verbannen vs verbunden
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verbannen is [fɛɐ̯ˈbanən] while verbunden is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25067, 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]. verbunden is at rank #1,309, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndn̩].
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 25067, this pair ranks #1,838,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verbannen vs verbunden
Shared letters: benrv. Private to "verbannen": a. Private to "verbunden": du.
"verbannen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "verbunden" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verbannen" for "verbunden" ever safe?
Frequency check: "verbannen" vs "verbunden" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "verbannen" and "verbunden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbannen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verbunden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,838,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbannen" and "verbunden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbannen vs verfangen". 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 #1,838,627 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.