verbundenevsverwundeteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,646
“verbundene” frequency rank
#25,819
“verwundete” frequency rank
34465
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbundene verwundete
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verbunden Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwundet

Where the eye mixes verbundene and verwundete

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

Visual trap between verbundene and verwundete

A purely visual mix-up. verbundene ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə]) and verwundete ([fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndətə]) 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 34465, 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]. verwundete is at rank #25,819, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndətə].

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 34465, this pair ranks #1,662,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbundene vs verwundete

Shared letters: denruv. Private to "verbundene": b. Private to "verwundete": tw.

"verbundene" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "verwundete" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbundeneevrbundene · vebrundene · verbbundene · verbnudene · verbudnene · verbunddene · verbundeen · verbundnee
  • verwundeteevrwundete · verrwundete · veruwndete · verwnudete · verwudnete · verwunddete · verwundeet · verwundette

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "verbundene" for "verwundete" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʊndənə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndətə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "verbundene" or "verwundete" show up more?
"verbundene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,646 in our German list, against #25,819 for "verwundete". 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 "verbundene" and "verwundete" 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 "verwundete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,662,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbundene" and "verwundete" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verwundern vs verwundete". 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 #1,662,745 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