Which to use
“verdammt” and “verdammte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,830
- “verdammt” frequency rank
- #8,805
- “verdammte” frequency rank
- 10635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verdammt | verdammte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | zu etwas gezwungen, veranlasst | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verdammt |
Where the eye mixes verdammt and verdammte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verdammt runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCC) against verdammte's 9 (CVCCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between verdammt and verdammte
A purely visual mix-up. verdammt ([fɛɐ̯ˈdamt]) and verdammte ([fɛɐ̯ˈdamtə]) 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) - “verdammt” sits inside “verdammte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verdammt is recorded at frequency rank #1,830, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdamt]. verdammte is at rank #8,805, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdamtə].
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 10635, this pair ranks #1,974,126 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verdammt vs verdammte
Shared letters: ademrtv. Private to "verdammt": -. Private to "verdammte": -.
"verdammt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "verdammte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verdammt" and "verdammte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verdammt" or "verdammte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verdammt" and "verdammte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verdammt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verdammte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,974,126 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verdammt" and "verdammte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verdammte vs verdankte". 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 #1,974,126 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.