verbündetenvsverwundetenWhich spelling fits?

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

#8,151
“verbündeten” frequency rank
#21,832
“verwundeten” frequency rank
29983
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbündeten verwundeten
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verbündet Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwundet

Where the eye mixes verbündeten and verwundeten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verbündeten and verwundeten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
verbündeten
11 ch
verwundeten

Look-alike desk: verbündeten vs verwundeten

A purely visual mix-up. verbündeten ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətn̩]) and verwundeten ([fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndətn̩]) 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 29983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verbündeten is recorded at frequency rank #8,151, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətn̩]. verwundeten is at rank #21,832, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndətn̩].

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 29983, this pair ranks #1,756,567 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbündeten vs verwundeten

Shared letters: denrtv. Private to "verbündeten": . Private to "verwundeten": uw.

"verbündeten" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC  ·  "verwundeten" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verwundetenevrwundeten · verrwundeten · veruwndeten · verwnudeten · verwudneten · verwunddeten · verwundeetn · verwundetenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "verbündeten" for "verwundeten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈbʏndətn̩] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndətn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verbündeten" vs "verwundeten" - which ranks higher?
"verbündeten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,151 in our German list, against #21,832 for "verwundeten". 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 "verbündeten" and "verwundeten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verbündeten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verwundeten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,756,567 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbündeten" and "verwundeten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verwundern vs verwundeten". 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 #1,756,567 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