Which to use
“verdrehen” is a verb and “verdrehte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,376
- “verdrehen” frequency rank
- #40,276
- “verdrehte” frequency rank
- 65652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verdrehen | verdrehte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Ausrichtung von etwas ändern | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht |
Where the eye mixes verdrehen and verdrehte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verdrehen (CVCCCVCVC) and verdrehte (CVCCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: verdrehen vs verdrehte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verdrehen is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːən] while verdrehte is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verdrehen is recorded at frequency rank #25,376, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːən]. verdrehte is at rank #40,276, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːtə].
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 65652, this pair ranks #599,532 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verdrehen vs verdrehte
Shared letters: dehrv. Private to "verdrehen": n. Private to "verdrehte": t.
"verdrehen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "verdrehte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verdrehen" and "verdrehte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verdrehen" or "verdrehte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verdrehen" and "verdrehte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verdrehen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verdrehte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #599,532 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verdrehen" and "verdrehte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbreite vs verdrehte". 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 #599,532 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.