Which to use
“verbinde” and “verbinden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,449
- “verbinde” frequency rank
- #3,857
- “verbinden” frequency rank
- 24306
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbinde | verbinden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verbinden | mit einer Binde abdecken, mit einem Verband versorgen |
Where the eye mixes verbinde and verbinden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses verbinde with verbinden
A purely visual mix-up. verbinde ([fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndə]) and verbinden ([fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndn̩]) 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) - “verbinde” sits inside “verbinden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbinde is recorded at frequency rank #20,449, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndə]. verbinden is at rank #3,857, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndn̩].
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 24306, this pair ranks #1,849,505 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verbinde vs verbinden
Shared letters: bdeinrv. Private to "verbinde": -. Private to "verbinden": -.
"verbinde" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "verbinden" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verbinde" and "verbinden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "verbinde" vs "verbinden" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "verbinde" and "verbinden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbinde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verbinden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,849,505 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbinde" and "verbinden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbiete vs verbinde". 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 #1,849,505 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.