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

#8,474
“verbreitete” frequency rank
#43,577
“verbreitetes” frequency rank
52051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbreitete verbreitetes
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbreitet Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbreitet

Where the eye mixes verbreitete and verbreitetes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. verbreitete runs 11 letters (CVCCCVVCVCV) against verbreitetes's 12 (CVCCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
verbreitete
12 ch
verbreitetes

Visual trap between verbreitete and verbreitetes

A purely visual mix-up. verbreitete ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “verbreitete” sits inside “verbreitetes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verbreitete is recorded at frequency rank #8,474, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətə]. 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 52051, this pair ranks #1,111,856 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verbreitete vs verbreitetes

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

"verbreitete" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVVCVCV  ·  "verbreitetes" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbreiteteevrbreitete · vebrreitete · verbbreitete · verberitete · verbreiette · verbreiteet · verbreitette · verbreittee
  • verbreitetesevrbreitetes · vebrreitetes · verbbreitetes · verberitetes · verbreiettes · verbreiteets · verbreitetess · verbreitetse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verbreitete" and "verbreitetes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətə] versus [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verbreitete" vs "verbreitetes" - which ranks higher?
"verbreitete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,474 in our German list, against #43,577 for "verbreitetes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verbreitete" 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 #1,111,856 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbreitete" 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 #1,111,856 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