Which to use
“verbrachte” and “verbrannte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,960
- “verbrachte” frequency rank
- #22,191
- “verbrannte” frequency rank
- 31151
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbrachte | verbrannte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbracht | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbrannt |
Where the eye mixes verbrachte and verbrannte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verbrachte and verbrannte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: verbrachte vs verbrannte
A purely visual mix-up. verbrachte ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaxtə]) and verbrannte ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʁantə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31151, 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]. verbrannte is at rank #22,191, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁantə].
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 31151, this pair ranks #1,733,815 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verbrachte vs verbrannte
Shared letters: abertv. Private to "verbrachte": ch. Private to "verbrannte": n.
"verbrachte" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCV · "verbrannte" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbrachte ← evrbrachte · vebrrachte · verbarchte · verbbrachte · verbracchte · verbrachet · verbrachhte · verbrachtte
- verbrannte ← evrbrannte · vebrrannte · verbarnnte · verbbrannte · verbrannet · verbranntte · verbrante · verbrantne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verbrachte" and "verbrannte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verbrachte" or "verbrannte" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbrachte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verbrannte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,733,815 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbrachte" and "verbrannte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbrachte 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 #1,733,815 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.