Which to use
“verbrannt” and “verbrannte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,984
- “verbrannt” frequency rank
- #22,191
- “verbrannte” frequency rank
- 29175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbrannt | verbrannte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | durch Feuer oder Hitze zerstört beziehungsweise stark beschädigt oder ungenießbar gemacht | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbrannt |
Where the eye mixes verbrannt and verbrannte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses verbrannt with verbrannte
A purely visual mix-up. verbrannt ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʁant]) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “verbrannt” sits inside “verbrannte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbrannt is recorded at frequency rank #6,984, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁant]. 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 29175, this pair ranks #1,771,649 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verbrannt vs verbrannte
Shared letters: abenrtv. Private to "verbrannt": -. Private to "verbrannte": -.
"verbrannt" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCC · "verbrannte" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbrannt ← evrbrannt · vebrrannt · verbarnnt · verbbrannt · verbranntt · verbrant · verbrantn · verbrnant
- verbrannte ← evrbrannte · vebrrannte · verbarnnte · verbbrannte · verbrannet · verbranntte · verbrante · verbrantne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verbrannt" for "verbrannte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "verbrannt" vs "verbrannte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verbrannt" and "verbrannte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbrannt" 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 #1,771,649 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbrannt" and "verbrannte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbrannte vs verdrängte". 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 #1,771,649 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.