Which to use
“verbreite” is a verb and “verbreitete” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,652
- “verbreite” frequency rank
- #8,474
- “verbreitete” frequency rank
- 54126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbreite | verbreitete |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verbreiten | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbreitet |
Where the eye mixes verbreite and verbreitete
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: verbreite vs verbreitete
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verbreite is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tə] while verbreitete is [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “verbreite” sits inside “verbreitete”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbreite is recorded at frequency rank #45,652, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tə]. verbreitete is at rank #8,474, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətə].
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 54126, this pair ranks #1,031,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verbreite vs verbreitete
Shared letters: beirtv. Private to "verbreite": -. Private to "verbreitete": -.
"verbreite" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVVCV · "verbreitete" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbreite ← evrbreite · vebrreite · verbbreite · verberite · verbreiet · verbretie · verbriete · verbrreite
- verbreitete ← evrbreitete · vebrreitete · verbbreitete · verberitete · verbreiette · verbreiteet · verbreitette · verbreittee
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verbreite" and "verbreitete" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "verbreite" vs "verbreitete" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "verbreite" and "verbreitete" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbreite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verbreitete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,031,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbreite" and "verbreitete" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbreite vs verdrehte". 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 #1,031,086 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.