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Which to use

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

#8,646
“verbundene” frequency rank
#14,973
“verbündete” frequency rank
23619
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbundene verbündete
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbunden Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbündet

Where the eye mixes verbundene and verbündete

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verbundene and verbündete follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
verbundene
10 ch
verbündete

Look-alike desk: verbundene vs verbündete

A purely visual mix-up. verbundene ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə]) and verbündete ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23619, 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]. verbündete is at rank #14,973, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətə].

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 23619, this pair ranks #1,858,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbundene vs verbündete

Shared letters: bdenrv. Private to "verbundene": u. Private to "verbündete": .

"verbundene" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "verbündete" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbundeneevrbundene · vebrundene · verbbundene · verbnudene · verbudnene · verbunddene · verbundeen · verbundnee

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "verbundene" for "verbündete" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verbundene" vs "verbündete" - which ranks higher?
"verbundene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,646 in our German list, against #14,973 for "verbündete". 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 "verbündete" 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 "verbündete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,858,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbundene" and "verbündete" 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 #1,858,853 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