Which to use
“verdankt” is a verb and “verdeckt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,030
- “verdankt” frequency rank
- #11,990
- “verdeckt” frequency rank
- 28020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verdankt | verdeckt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verdanken | (möglichst) unauffällig, ohne Aufsehen zu erregen, (möglichst) geräuschlos |
Where the eye mixes verdankt and verdeckt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. verdankt and verdeckt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses verdankt with verdeckt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verdankt is [fɛɐ̯ˈdaŋkt] while verdeckt is [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛkt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verdankt is recorded at frequency rank #16,030, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdaŋkt]. verdeckt is at rank #11,990, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛkt].
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 28020, this pair ranks #1,791,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verdankt vs verdeckt
Shared letters: dekrtv. Private to "verdankt": an. Private to "verdeckt": c.
"verdankt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "verdeckt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verdankt" for "verdeckt" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verdankt" and "verdeckt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verdankt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verdeckt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,791,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verdankt" and "verdeckt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verdankt 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 #1,791,948 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.