verbreitetvsverbreitetesConfusable pair

Which to use

“verbreitet” and “verbreitetes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,367
“verbreitet” frequency rank
#43,577
“verbreitetes” frequency rank
45944
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbreitet verbreitetes
Definition bei sehr vielen Menschen oder in sehr vielen Fällen zu finden seiend Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbreitet

Where the eye mixes verbreitet and verbreitetes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. verbreitet runs 10 letters (CVCCCVVCVC) against verbreitetes's 12 (CVCCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
verbreitet
12 ch
verbreitetes

Why the eye confuses verbreitet with verbreitetes

A purely visual mix-up. verbreitet ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tət]) and verbreitetes ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətəs]) 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 “verbreitetes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45944, 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]. verbreitetes is at rank #43,577, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətəs].

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 45944, this pair ranks #1,335,866 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verbreitet vs verbreitetes

Shared letters: beirtv. Private to "verbreitet": -. Private to "verbreitetes": s.

"verbreitet" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVVCVC  ·  "verbreitetes" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbreitetevrbreitet · vebrreitet · verbbreitet · verberitet · verbreiett · verbreitett · verbreitte · verbreittet
  • verbreitetesevrbreitetes · vebrreitetes · verbbreitetes · verberitetes · verbreiettes · verbreiteets · verbreitetess · verbreitetse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "verbreitet" for "verbreitetes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tət] versus [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verbreitet" vs "verbreitetes" - which ranks higher?
"verbreitet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,367 in our German list, against #43,577 for "verbreitetes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verbreitet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verbreitetes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,335,866 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbreitet" and "verbreitetes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbreiteter 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 #1,335,866 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list