Which to use
“verbogen” and “verzogen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,920
- “verbogen” frequency rank
- #27,555
- “verzogen” frequency rank
- 68475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbogen | verzogen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verbiegen | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verziehen |
Where the eye mixes verbogen and verzogen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verbogen and verzogen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: verbogen vs verzogen
A purely visual mix-up. verbogen ([fɛɐ̯ˈboːɡn̩]) and verzogen ([fɛɐ̯ˈt͡soːɡn̩]) 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 - b in “verbogen” becomes z in “verzogen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbogen is recorded at frequency rank #40,920, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈboːɡn̩]. verzogen is at rank #27,555, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡soːɡn̩].
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 68475, this pair ranks #506,561 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of verbogen vs verzogen
Shared letters: egnorv. Private to "verbogen": b. Private to "verzogen": z.
"verbogen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "verzogen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verbogen" and "verzogen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verbogen" or "verzogen" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbogen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verzogen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #506,561 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbogen" and "verzogen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbogen vs Vorboten". 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 #506,561 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.