VereinevsVereinenWhich spelling fits?

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

#3,088
“Vereine” frequency rank
#5,037
“Vereinen” frequency rank
8125
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vereine Vereinen
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Verein Dativ Plural des Substantivs Verein

Where the eye mixes Vereine and Vereinen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Vereine runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against Vereinen's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Vereine
8 ch
Vereinen

Why the eye confuses Vereine with Vereinen

A purely visual mix-up. Vereine ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nə]) and Vereinen ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nən]) 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) - “Vereine” sits inside “Vereinen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Vereine is recorded at frequency rank #3,088, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nə]. Vereinen is at rank #5,037, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nən].

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 8125, this pair ranks #1,985,540 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Vereine vs Vereinen

Shared letters: einrv. Private to "Vereine": -. Private to "Vereinen": -.

"Vereine" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "Vereinen" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vereineevreine · veerine · vereien · vereinne · verenie · veriene · verreine · vreeine
  • Vereinenevreinen · veerinen · vereienn · vereinenn · vereinnen · verenien · verienen · verreinen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Vereine" and "Vereinen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Vereine" or "Vereinen"?
"Vereine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,088 in our German list, against #5,037 for "Vereinen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Vereine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Vereinen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,985,540 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vereine" and "Vereinen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vereinen vs vereiteln". 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 #1,985,540 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