verdammtevsverdammtenTell them apart

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

#8,805
“verdammte” frequency rank
#12,192
“verdammten” frequency rank
20997
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verdammte verdammten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verdammt Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verdammt

Where the eye mixes verdammte and verdammten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verdammte runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against verdammten's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
verdammte
10 ch
verdammten

Look-alike desk: verdammte vs verdammten

A purely visual mix-up. verdammte ([fɛɐ̯ˈdamtə]) and verdammten ([fɛɐ̯ˈdamtn̩]) 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) - “verdammte” sits inside “verdammten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verdammte is recorded at frequency rank #8,805, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdamtə]. verdammten is at rank #12,192, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdamtn̩].

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 20997, this pair ranks #1,891,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verdammte vs verdammten

Shared letters: ademrtv. Private to "verdammte": -. Private to "verdammten": n.

"verdammte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV  ·  "verdammten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verdammte ← evrdammte · vedrammte · veradmmte · verdammet · verdammtte · verdamte · verdamtme · verddammte
  • verdammten ← evrdammten · vedrammten · veradmmten · verdammetn · verdammtenn · verdammtne · verdammtten · verdamten

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "verdammte" for "verdammten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈdamtə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈdamtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "verdammte" or "verdammten"?
"verdammte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,805 in our German list, against #12,192 for "verdammten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "verdammte" and "verdammten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verdammte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verdammten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,891,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verdammte" and "verdammten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verdammten 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 #1,891,338 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