Which to use
“verdient” is a verb and “verdientes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,097
- “verdient” frequency rank
- #45,012
- “verdientes” frequency rank
- 46109
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verdient | verdientes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verdienen | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verdient |
Where the eye mixes verdient and verdientes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: verdient vs verdientes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verdient is [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnt] while verdientes is [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “verdient” sits inside “verdientes”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46109, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verdient is recorded at frequency rank #1,097, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnt]. 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 46109, this pair ranks #1,330,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verdient vs verdientes
Shared letters: deinrtv. Private to "verdient": -. Private to "verdientes": s.
"verdient" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "verdientes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verdient ← evrdient · vedrient · verddient · verdeint · verdiennt · verdientt · verdietn · verdinet
- verdientes ← evrdientes · vedrientes · verddientes · verdeintes · verdienets · verdienntes · verdientess · verdienttes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verdient" and "verdientes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verdient" or "verdientes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verdient" and "verdientes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verdient" 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 #1,330,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verdient" 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 #1,330,325 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.