verbuchtvsVerdachtWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: verbucht is a verb, Verdacht is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verbucht” is a verb and “Verdacht” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,335
“verbucht” frequency rank
#3,494
“Verdacht” frequency rank
34829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbucht Verdacht
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verbuchen Annahme, Vermutung, dass ein bestimmter Sachverhalt vorliege, ohne dass man es genau weiß

Where the eye mixes verbucht and Verdacht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. verbucht and Verdacht follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
verbucht
8 ch
Verdacht

Visual trap between verbucht and Verdacht

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verbucht is [fɛɐ̯ˈbuːxt] while Verdacht is [fɛɐ̯ˈdaxt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verbucht is recorded at frequency rank #31,335, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbuːxt]. Verdacht is at rank #3,494, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdaxt].

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 34829, this pair ranks #1,654,339 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbucht vs Verdacht

Shared letters: cehrtv. Private to "verbucht": bu. Private to "Verdacht": ad.

"verbucht" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "Verdacht" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbuchtevrbucht · vebrucht · verbbucht · verbcuht · verbuccht · verbuchht · verbuchtt · verbucth
  • Verdachtevrdacht · vedracht · veradcht · verdaccht · verdachht · verdachtt · verdacth · verdahct

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verbucht" and "Verdacht" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verbucht" is a verb and "Verdacht" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "verbucht" or "Verdacht" show up more?
"Verdacht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,494 in our German list, against #31,335 for "verbucht". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "verbucht" and "Verdacht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verbucht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Verdacht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,654,339 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbucht" and "Verdacht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbucht vs vermacht". 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 #1,654,339 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