Which to use
“verdienen” is a verb and “verdientes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,749
- “verdienen” frequency rank
- #45,012
- “verdientes” frequency rank
- 46761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verdienen | verdientes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Geld für eine Tätigkeit erhalten | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verdient |
Where the eye mixes verdienen and verdientes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verdienen runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCVC) against verdientes's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verdienen vs verdientes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verdienen is [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnən] while verdientes is [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 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 46761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verdienen is recorded at frequency rank #1,749, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnən]. 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 46761, this pair ranks #1,307,939 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verdienen vs verdientes
Shared letters: deinrv. Private to "verdienen": -. Private to "verdientes": st.
"verdienen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "verdientes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verdienen ← evrdienen · vedrienen · verddienen · verdeinen · verdieenn · verdienenn · verdienne · verdiennen
- verdientes ← evrdientes · vedrientes · verddientes · verdeintes · verdienets · verdienntes · verdientess · verdienttes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verdienen" and "verdientes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verdienen" or "verdientes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "verdienen" and "verdientes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verdienen" 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 #1,307,939 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verdienen" 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 #1,307,939 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.