verbietetvsVermieterWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: verbietet is a verb, Vermieter is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verbietet” is a verb and “Vermieter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,303
“verbietet” frequency rank
#6,250
“Vermieter” frequency rank
14553
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbietet Vermieter
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verbieten Person, die eine Sache vermietet

Where the eye mixes verbietet and Vermieter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verbietet and Vermieter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
verbietet
9 ch
Vermieter

Look-alike desk: verbietet vs Vermieter

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verbietet is [fɛɐ̯ˈbiːtət] while Vermieter is [fɛɐ̯ˈmiːtɐ]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verbietet is recorded at frequency rank #8,303, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbiːtət]. Vermieter is at rank #6,250, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈmiːtɐ].

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 14553, this pair ranks #1,950,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbietet vs Vermieter

Shared letters: eirtv. Private to "verbietet": b. Private to "Vermieter": m.

"verbietet" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC  ·  "Vermieter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbietet ← evrbietet · vebrietet · verbbietet · verbeitet · verbieett · verbietett · verbiette · verbiettet
  • Vermieter ← evrmieter · vemrieter · verimeter · vermeiter · vermieetr · vermieterr · vermietre · vermietter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verbietet" and "Vermieter" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verbietet" is a verb and "Vermieter" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "verbietet" or "Vermieter" show up more?
"Vermieter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,250 in our German list, against #8,303 for "verbietet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verbietet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Vermieter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,950,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbietet" and "Vermieter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vermiesen vs Vermieter". 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 #1,950,388 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