Which to use
“verdankt” and “verhängt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,030
- “verdankt” frequency rank
- #12,819
- “verhängt” frequency rank
- 28849
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verdankt | verhängt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verdanken | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verhängen |
Where the eye mixes verdankt and verhängt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. verdankt and verhängt 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 verhängt
A purely visual mix-up. verdankt ([fɛɐ̯ˈdaŋkt]) and verhängt ([fɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋt]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28849, 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]. verhängt is at rank #12,819, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋt].
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 28849, this pair ranks #1,777,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verdankt vs verhängt
Shared letters: enrtv. Private to "verdankt": adk. Private to "verhängt": ghä.
"verdankt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "verhängt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verdankt ← evrdankt · vedrankt · veradnkt · verdaknt · verdankkt · verdanktt · verdannkt · verdantk
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verdankt" and "verhängt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "verdankt" vs "verhängt" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verdankt" and "verhängt" 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 "verhängt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,777,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verdankt" and "verhängt" 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 #1,777,490 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.