verbundenevsverbündetConfusable pair

Quick tell: verbundene is a adjective, verbündet is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verbundene” is an adjective and “verbündet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,646
“verbundene” frequency rank
#27,995
“verbündet” frequency rank
36641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbundene verbündet
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbunden Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verbünden

Where the eye mixes verbundene and verbündet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verbundene runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against verbündet's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
verbundene
9 ch
verbündet

Why the eye confuses verbundene with verbündet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verbundene is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə] while verbündet is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndət]. 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 36641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verbundene is recorded at frequency rank #8,646, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə]. verbündet is at rank #27,995, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndət].

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 36641, this pair ranks #1,610,361 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbundene vs verbündet

Shared letters: bdenrv. Private to "verbundene": u. Private to "verbündet": tü.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbundene ← evrbundene · vebrundene · verbbundene · verbnudene · verbudnene · verbunddene · verbundeen · verbundnee

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verbundene" and "verbündet" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verbundene" is an adjective and "verbündet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "verbundene" or "verbündet" show up more?
"verbundene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,646 in our German list, against #27,995 for "verbündet". 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 "verbundene" and "verbündet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verbundene" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verbündet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,610,361 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbundene" and "verbündet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verblendet vs verbündet". 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 #1,610,361 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