VereinesvsvereinteTell them apart

Quick tell: Vereines is a noun, vereinte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Vereines” is a noun and “vereinte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,877
“Vereines” frequency rank
#27,543
“vereinte” frequency rank
61420
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vereines vereinte
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Verein Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs vereint

Where the eye mixes Vereines and vereinte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Vereines (CVCVVCVC) and vereinte (CVCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
Vereines
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vereinte

Visual trap between Vereines and vereinte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Vereines is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nəs] while vereinte is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Vereines is recorded at frequency rank #33,877, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nəs]. 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 61420, this pair ranks #750,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Vereines vs vereinte

Shared letters: einrv. Private to "Vereines": s. Private to "vereinte": t.

"Vereines" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC  ·  "vereinte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vereinesevreines · veerines · vereiens · vereiness · vereinnes · vereinse · verenies · verienes
  • vereinteevreinte · veerinte · vereinet · vereinnte · vereintte · vereitne · verenite · veriente

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Vereines" and "vereinte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Vereines" is a noun and "vereinte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Vereines" or "vereinte" show up more?
"vereinte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,543 in our German list, against #33,877 for "Vereines". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Vereines" 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 #750,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vereines" 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 #750,465 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