Which to use
“verbrachte” and “verbrachten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,960
- “verbrachte” frequency rank
- #17,752
- “verbrachten” frequency rank
- 26712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbrachte | verbrachten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbracht | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbracht |
Where the eye mixes verbrachte and verbrachten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. verbrachte runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCCCV) against verbrachten's 11 (CVCCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verbrachte vs verbrachten
A purely visual mix-up. verbrachte ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaxtə]) and verbrachten ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaxtn̩]) 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) - “verbrachte” sits inside “verbrachten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbrachte is recorded at frequency rank #8,960, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaxtə]. verbrachten is at rank #17,752, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaxtn̩].
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 26712, this pair ranks #1,813,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verbrachte vs verbrachten
Shared letters: abcehrtv. Private to "verbrachte": -. Private to "verbrachten": n.
"verbrachte" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCV · "verbrachten" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbrachte ← evrbrachte · vebrrachte · verbarchte · verbbrachte · verbracchte · verbrachet · verbrachhte · verbrachtte
- verbrachten ← evrbrachten · vebrrachten · verbarchten · verbbrachten · verbracchten · verbrachetn · verbrachhten · verbrachtenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verbrachte" for "verbrachten" ever safe?
Which is more common, "verbrachte" or "verbrachten"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verbrachte" and "verbrachten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbrachte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verbrachten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,813,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbrachte" and "verbrachten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbrachten vs verbrauchten". 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 #1,813,670 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.