Which to use
“verbündete” and “verwundet” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,973
- “verbündete” frequency rank
- #12,621
- “verwundet” frequency rank
- 27594
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbündete | verwundet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbündet | sich eine physische Wunde zugezogen habend |
Where the eye mixes verbündete and verwundet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verbündete runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against verwundet's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses verbündete with verwundet
A purely visual mix-up. verbündete ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətə]) and verwundet ([fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndət]) 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 27594, 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]. verwundet is at rank #12,621, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndət].
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 27594, this pair ranks #1,799,183 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verbündete vs verwundet
Shared letters: denrtv. Private to "verbündete": bü. Private to "verwundet": uw.
"verbündete" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "verwundet" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verwundet ← evrwundet · verrwundet · veruwndet · verwnudet · verwudnet · verwunddet · verwundett · verwundte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verbündete" for "verwundet" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "verbündete" and "verwundet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbündete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verwundet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,799,183 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbündete" and "verwundet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbündete vs verkündeten". 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 #1,799,183 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.