Which to use
“verbreitet” and “verbreiteten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,367
- “verbreitet” frequency rank
- #10,581
- “verbreiteten” frequency rank
- 12948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbreitet | verbreiteten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bei sehr vielen Menschen oder in sehr vielen Fällen zu finden seiend | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbreitet |
Where the eye mixes verbreitet and verbreiteten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between verbreitet and verbreiteten
A purely visual mix-up. verbreitet ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tət]) and verbreiteten ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətn̩]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “verbreitet” sits inside “verbreiteten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbreitet is recorded at frequency rank #2,367, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tət]. verbreiteten is at rank #10,581, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətn̩].
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 12948, this pair ranks #1,961,054 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verbreitet vs verbreiteten
Shared letters: beirtv. Private to "verbreitet": -. Private to "verbreiteten": n.
"verbreitet" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVVCVC · "verbreiteten" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbreitet ← evrbreitet · vebrreitet · verbbreitet · verberitet · verbreiett · verbreitett · verbreitte · verbreittet
- verbreiteten ← evrbreiteten · vebrreiteten · verbbreiteten · verberiteten · verbreietten · verbreiteetn · verbreitetenn · verbreitetne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verbreitet" and "verbreiteten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verbreitet" or "verbreiteten"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verbreitet" and "verbreiteten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbreitet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verbreiteten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,961,054 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbreitet" and "verbreiteten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbreiteten vs verbreitetes". 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 #1,961,054 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.