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Which to use

“verdiente” and “verdientes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,583
“verdiente” frequency rank
#45,012
“verdientes” frequency rank
55595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verdiente verdientes
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdient Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verdient

Where the eye mixes verdiente and verdientes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
verdiente
10 ch
verdientes

Visual trap between verdiente and verdientes

A purely visual mix-up. verdiente ([fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntə]) and verdientes ([fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “verdiente” sits inside “verdientes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verdiente is recorded at frequency rank #10,583, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntə]. 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 55595, this pair ranks #973,506 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verdiente vs verdientes

Shared letters: deinrtv. Private to "verdiente": -. Private to "verdientes": s.

"verdiente" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV  ·  "verdientes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verdienteevrdiente · vedriente · verddiente · verdeinte · verdienet · verdiennte · verdientte · verdietne
  • verdientesevrdientes · vedrientes · verddientes · verdeintes · verdienets · verdienntes · verdientess · verdienttes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verdiente" and "verdientes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːntəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "verdiente" or "verdientes"?
"verdiente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,583 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 "verdiente" 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 #973,506 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verdiente" 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 #973,506 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