VereinesvsvereintenConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#33,877
“Vereines” frequency rank
#6,869
“vereinten” frequency rank
40746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vereines vereinten
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Verein Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs vereint

Where the eye mixes Vereines and vereinten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Vereines runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against vereinten's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Vereines
9 ch
vereinten

Look-alike desk: Vereines vs vereinten

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Vereines is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nəs] while vereinten is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40746, 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]. vereinten is at rank #6,869, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntn̩].

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 40746, this pair ranks #1,499,526 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Vereines vs vereinten

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

"Vereines" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC  ·  "vereinten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vereinesevreines · veerines · vereiens · vereiness · vereinnes · vereinse · verenies · verienes
  • vereintenevreinten · veerinten · vereinetn · vereinnten · vereintenn · vereintne · vereintten · vereitnen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Vereines" for "vereinten" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Vereines" is a noun and "vereinten" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Vereines" or "vereinten" show up more?
"vereinten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,869 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Vereines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vereinten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,499,526 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vereines" and "vereinten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vereines vs verneinen". 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 #1,499,526 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