Which to use
“verdammen” and “verdanken” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,964
- “verdammen” frequency rank
- #6,117
- “verdanken” frequency rank
- 41081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verdammen | verdanken |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | aus der (kirchlichen) Gemeinschaft ausschließen | jemandem wegen etwas zu Dank verpflichtet sein |
Where the eye mixes verdammen and verdanken
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verdammen and verdanken follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: verdammen vs verdanken
A purely visual mix-up. verdammen ([fɛɐ̯ˈdamən]) and verdanken ([fɛɐ̯ˈdaŋkn̩]) 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 41081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verdammen is recorded at frequency rank #34,964, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdamən]. verdanken is at rank #6,117, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdaŋkn̩].
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 41081, this pair ranks #1,489,922 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verdammen vs verdanken
Shared letters: adenrv. Private to "verdammen": m. Private to "verdanken": k.
"verdammen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "verdanken" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verdammen" and "verdanken" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verdammen" or "verdanken" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "verdammen" and "verdanken" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verdammen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verdanken" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,489,922 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verdammen" and "verdanken" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verdammen vs verdampfen". 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 #1,489,922 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.