verehrtevsverehrtenTell them apart

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

#21,819
“verehrte” frequency rank
#30,838
“verehrten” frequency rank
52657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verehrte verehrten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs verehrt Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verehrt

Where the eye mixes verehrte and verehrten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verehrte runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against verehrten's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
verehrte
9 ch
verehrten

Look-alike desk: verehrte vs verehrten

A purely visual mix-up. verehrte ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯tə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “verehrte” sits inside “verehrten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verehrte is recorded at frequency rank #21,819, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯tə]. 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 52657, this pair ranks #1,088,337 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verehrte vs verehrten

Shared letters: ehrtv. Private to "verehrte": -. Private to "verehrten": n.

"verehrte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV  ·  "verehrten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verehrteevrehrte · veerhrte · verehhrte · verehret · verehrrte · verehrtte · verehtre · vererhte
  • verehrtenevrehrten · veerhrten · verehhrten · verehretn · verehrrten · verehrtenn · verehrtne · verehrtten

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "verehrte" for "verehrten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯tə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯tn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "verehrte" or "verehrten"?
"verehrte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,819 in our German list, against #30,838 for "verehrten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "verehrte" and "verehrten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verehrte" 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 #1,088,337 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verehrte" 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 #1,088,337 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