Which to use
“verbiegen” and “verbieten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,430
- “verbiegen” frequency rank
- #5,229
- “verbieten” frequency rank
- 39659
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbiegen | verbieten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | aus der (richtigen) Form bringen (so dass etwas nicht mehr so wie zuvor zu nutzen ist) | Unterlassung fordern |
Where the eye mixes verbiegen and verbieten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verbiegen and verbieten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between verbiegen and verbieten
A purely visual mix-up. verbiegen ([fɛɐ̯ˈbiːɡn̩]) and verbieten ([fɛɐ̯ˈbiːtn̩]) 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 - g in “verbiegen” becomes t in “verbieten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbiegen is recorded at frequency rank #34,430, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbiːɡn̩]. verbieten is at rank #5,229, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbiːtn̩].
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 39659, this pair ranks #1,530,497 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verbiegen vs verbieten
Shared letters: beinrv. Private to "verbiegen": g. Private to "verbieten": t.
"verbiegen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "verbieten" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verbiegen" and "verbieten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verbiegen" or "verbieten" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verbiegen" and "verbieten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbiegen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verbieten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,530,497 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbiegen" and "verbieten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbiegen vs vermiesen". 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 #1,530,497 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.