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

#8,646
“verbundene” frequency rank
#8,151
“verbündeten” frequency rank
16797
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbundene verbündeten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbunden Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbündet

Where the eye mixes verbundene and verbündeten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
verbundene
11 ch
verbündeten

Why the eye confuses verbundene with verbündeten

A purely visual mix-up. verbundene ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə]) and verbündeten ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətn̩]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16797, 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]. verbündeten is at rank #8,151, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətn̩].

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 16797, this pair ranks #1,932,915 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbundene vs verbündeten

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

"verbundene" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "verbündeten" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verbundene" and "verbündeten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "verbundene" or "verbündeten" show up more?
"verbündeten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,151 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

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  • Full dictionary entry for "verbundene" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verbündeten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,932,915 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbundene" and "verbündeten" 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 #1,932,915 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