verehrtevsvereinteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#21,819
“verehrte” frequency rank
#27,543
“vereinte” frequency rank
49362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verehrte vereinte
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs verehrt Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs vereint

Where the eye mixes verehrte and vereinte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. verehrte (CVCVCCCV) and vereinte (CVCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
verehrte
8 ch
vereinte

Look-alike desk: verehrte vs vereinte

A purely visual mix-up. verehrte ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯tə]) and vereinte ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49362, 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]. vereinte is at rank #27,543, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntə].

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 49362, this pair ranks #1,214,363 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verehrte vs vereinte

Shared letters: ertv. Private to "verehrte": h. Private to "vereinte": in.

"verehrte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV  ·  "vereinte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verehrteevrehrte · veerhrte · verehhrte · verehret · verehrrte · verehrtte · verehtre · vererhte
  • vereinteevreinte · veerinte · vereinet · vereinnte · vereintte · vereitne · verenite · veriente

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verehrte" and "vereinte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːɐ̯tə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verehrte" vs "vereinte" - which ranks higher?
"verehrte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,819 in our German list, against #27,543 for "vereinte". 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 "verehrte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vereinte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,214,363 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verehrte" and "vereinte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vereinte vs verneinte". 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 #1,214,363 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