Which to use
“verbunden” is an adjective and “verwundern” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,309
- “verbunden” frequency rank
- #40,293
- “verwundern” frequency rank
- 41602
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbunden | verwundern |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit etwas gebunden/umbunden seiend | jemanden erstaunen lassen, in Erstaunen über etwas versetzen |
Where the eye mixes verbunden and verwundern
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verbunden runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against verwundern's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verbunden vs verwundern
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verbunden is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndn̩] while verwundern is [fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndɐn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41602, 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]. verwundern is at rank #40,293, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndɐn].
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 41602, this pair ranks #1,474,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verbunden vs verwundern
Shared letters: denruv. Private to "verbunden": b. Private to "verwundern": w.
"verbunden" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "verwundern" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbunden ← evrbunden · vebrunden · verbbunden · verbnuden · verbudnen · verbundden · verbundenn · verbundne
- verwundern ← evrwundern · verrwundern · veruwndern · verwnudern · verwudnern · verwunddern · verwundenr · verwundernn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verbunden" and "verwundern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verbunden" or "verwundern" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "verbunden" and "verwundern" 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 "verwundern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,474,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbunden" and "verwundern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vermindern vs verwundern". 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 #1,474,538 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.