Which to use
“verbreiteten” and “verbreitetes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,581
- “verbreiteten” frequency rank
- #43,577
- “verbreitetes” frequency rank
- 54158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbreiteten | verbreitetes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbreitet | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbreitet |
Where the eye mixes verbreiteten and verbreitetes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. verbreiteten and verbreitetes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between verbreiteten and verbreitetes
A purely visual mix-up. verbreiteten ([ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətn̩]) 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 a single letter - n in “verbreiteten” becomes s in “verbreitetes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbreiteten is recorded at frequency rank #10,581, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯tətn̩]. 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 54158, this pair ranks #1,029,846 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verbreiteten vs verbreitetes
Shared letters: beirtv. Private to "verbreiteten": n. Private to "verbreitetes": s.
"verbreiteten" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVVCVCVC · "verbreitetes" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbreiteten ← evrbreiteten · vebrreiteten · verbbreiteten · verberiteten · verbreietten · verbreiteetn · verbreitetenn · verbreitetne
- verbreitetes ← evrbreitetes · vebrreitetes · verbbreitetes · verberitetes · verbreiettes · verbreiteets · verbreitetess · verbreitetse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verbreiteten" and "verbreitetes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verbreiteten" or "verbreitetes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "verbreiteten" and "verbreitetes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbreiteten" 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 #1,029,846 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbreiteten" 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 #1,029,846 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.