verbundenvsverbundeneWhich spelling fits?

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

#1,309
“verbunden” frequency rank
#8,646
“verbundene” frequency rank
9955
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbunden verbundene
Definition mit etwas gebunden/umbunden seiend Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbunden

Where the eye mixes verbunden and verbundene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verbunden runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against verbundene's 10 (CVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
verbunden
10 ch
verbundene

Why the eye confuses verbunden with verbundene

A purely visual mix-up. verbunden ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndn̩]) and verbundene ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə]) 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) - “verbunden” sits inside “verbundene”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verbunden is recorded at frequency rank #1,309, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndn̩]. verbundene is at rank #8,646, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə].

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 9955, this pair ranks #1,977,475 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbunden vs verbundene

Shared letters: bdenruv. Private to "verbunden": -. Private to "verbundene": -.

"verbunden" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "verbundene" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbundenevrbunden · vebrunden · verbbunden · verbnuden · verbudnen · verbundden · verbundenn · verbundne
  • verbundeneevrbundene · vebrundene · verbbundene · verbnudene · verbudnene · verbunddene · verbundeen · verbundnee

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verbunden" and "verbundene" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndn̩] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "verbunden" or "verbundene"?
"verbunden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,309 in our German list, against #8,646 for "verbundene". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verbunden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verbundene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,977,475 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbunden" and "verbundene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbindende vs verbundene". 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 #1,977,475 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