verdienevsverdientesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: verdiene is a verb, verdientes is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verdiene” is a verb and “verdientes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,991
“verdiene” frequency rank
#45,012
“verdientes” frequency rank
57003
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verdiene verdientes
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verdienen Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verdient

Where the eye mixes verdiene and verdientes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verdiene runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against verdientes's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
verdiene
10 ch
verdientes

Look-alike desk: verdiene vs verdientes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verdiene is [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnə] while verdientes is [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verdiene is recorded at frequency rank #11,991, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnə]. verdientes is at rank #45,012, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntəs].

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 57003, this pair ranks #918,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verdiene vs verdientes

Shared letters: deinrv. Private to "verdiene": -. Private to "verdientes": st.

"verdiene" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV  ·  "verdientes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verdiene ← evrdiene · vedriene · verddiene · verdeine · verdieen · verdinee · veridene · verrdiene
  • verdientes ← evrdientes · vedrientes · verddientes · verdeintes · verdienets · verdienntes · verdientess · verdienttes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verdiene" and "verdientes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verdiene" is a verb and "verdientes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "verdiene" or "verdientes"?
"verdiene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,991 in our German list, against #45,012 for "verdientes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verdiene" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verdientes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #918,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verdiene" and "verdientes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verdienter vs verdientes". 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 #918,280 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