Which to use
“Verbraucher” is a noun and “verbrauchte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,944
- “Verbraucher” frequency rank
- #44,322
- “verbrauchte” frequency rank
- 49266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Verbraucher | verbrauchte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Person, die Waren ersteht und verbraucht | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbraucht |
Where the eye mixes Verbraucher and verbrauchte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. Verbraucher (CVCCCVVCCVC) and verbrauchte (CVCCCVVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses Verbraucher with verbrauchte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Verbraucher is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xɐ] while verbrauchte is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Verbraucher is recorded at frequency rank #4,944, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xɐ]. verbrauchte is at rank #44,322, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xtə].
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 49266, this pair ranks #1,217,869 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Verbraucher vs verbrauchte
Shared letters: abcehruv. Private to "Verbraucher": -. Private to "verbrauchte": t.
"Verbraucher" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVVCCVC · "verbrauchte" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Verbraucher ← evrbraucher · vebrraucher · verbarucher · verbbraucher · verbracuher · verbrauccher · verbraucehr · verbraucherr
- verbrauchte ← evrbrauchte · vebrrauchte · verbaruchte · verbbrauchte · verbracuhte · verbraucchte · verbrauchet · verbrauchhte
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Verbraucher" and "verbrauchte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Verbraucher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verbrauchte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,217,869 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Verbraucher" and "verbrauchte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbrauchte 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 #1,217,869 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.