Which to use
“verdreht” is a verb and “verdrehte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,578
- “verdreht” frequency rank
- #40,276
- “verdrehte” frequency rank
- 56854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verdreht | verdrehte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verdrehen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht |
Where the eye mixes verdreht and verdrehte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verdreht runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCC) against verdrehte's 9 (CVCCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verdreht vs verdrehte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verdreht is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːt] while verdrehte is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “verdreht” sits inside “verdrehte”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verdreht is recorded at frequency rank #16,578, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːt]. 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 56854, this pair ranks #924,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verdreht vs verdrehte
Shared letters: dehrtv. Private to "verdreht": -. Private to "verdrehte": -.
"verdreht" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC · "verdrehte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verdreht" and "verdrehte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verdreht" or "verdrehte"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "verdreht" 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 #924,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verdreht" 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 #924,093 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.