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Which to use

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

#14,973
“verbündete” frequency rank
#8,151
“verbündeten” frequency rank
23124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbündete verbündeten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbündet Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbündet

Where the eye mixes verbündete and verbündeten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. verbündete runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against verbündeten's 11 (CVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
verbündete
11 ch
verbündeten

Look-alike desk: verbündete vs verbündeten

A purely visual mix-up. verbündete ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətə]) 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 extra letter(s) - “verbündete” sits inside “verbündeten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verbündete is recorded at frequency rank #14,973, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətə]. 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 23124, this pair ranks #1,865,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbündete vs verbündeten

Shared letters: bdenrtvü. Private to "verbündete": -. Private to "verbündeten": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verbündete" and "verbündeten" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "verbündete" 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 #14,973 for "verbündete". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verbündete" 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 #1,865,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbündete" and "verbündeten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbündete vs verkündeten". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,865,490 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