verbuchtvsversuchtWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#31,335
“verbucht” frequency rank
#694
“versucht” frequency rank
32029
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbucht versucht
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verbuchen Partizip Perfekt des Verbs versuchen

Where the eye mixes verbucht and versucht

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verbucht and versucht 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
versucht

Look-alike desk: verbucht vs versucht

A purely visual mix-up. verbucht ([fɛɐ̯ˈbuːxt]) and versucht ([fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxt]) 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 - b in “verbucht” becomes s in “versucht”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32029, 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]. versucht is at rank #694, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxt].

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 32029, this pair ranks #1,716,193 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbucht vs versucht

Shared letters: cehrtuv. Private to "verbucht": b. Private to "versucht": s.

"verbucht" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "versucht" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbucht ← evrbucht · vebrucht · verbbucht · verbcuht · verbuccht · verbuchht · verbuchtt · verbucth
  • versucht ← evrsucht · verrsucht · verscuht · verssucht · versuccht · versuchht · versuchtt · versucth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verbucht" and "versucht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈbuːxt] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "verbucht" or "versucht"?
"versucht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #694 in our German list, against #31,335 for "verbucht". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "verbucht" and "versucht" 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 "versucht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,716,193 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbucht" and "versucht" 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 #1,716,193 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