Which to use
“verehrt” and “verehrten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,445
- “verehrt” frequency rank
- #30,838
- “verehrten” frequency rank
- 45283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verehrt | verehrten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Eigenschaft einer Person, von der man eine sehr hohe Meinung hat oder die man bewundert | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verehrt |
Where the eye mixes verehrt and verehrten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verehrt runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against verehrten's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses verehrt with verehrten
A purely visual mix-up. verehrt ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯t]) and verehrten ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯tn̩]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “verehrt” sits inside “verehrten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verehrt is recorded at frequency rank #14,445, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯t]. verehrten is at rank #30,838, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯tn̩].
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 45283, this pair ranks #1,358,330 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verehrt vs verehrten
Shared letters: ehrtv. Private to "verehrt": -. Private to "verehrten": n.
"verehrt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "verehrten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verehrt" and "verehrten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verehrt" or "verehrten" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "verehrt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verehrten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,358,330 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verehrt" and "verehrten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verehrten vs verehrter". 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 #1,358,330 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.