VereinsvsvereintWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,748
“Vereins” frequency rank
#6,249
“vereint” frequency rank
8997
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vereins vereint
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Verein in eine enge Verbindung gebracht, zum Beispiel parallel oder nebeneinander seiend

Where the eye mixes Vereins and vereint

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
Vereins
7 ch
vereint

Look-alike desk: Vereins vs vereint

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Vereins is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ns] while vereint is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “Vereins” becomes t in “vereint”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Vereins is recorded at frequency rank #2,748, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ns]. vereint is at rank #6,249, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nt].

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 8997, this pair ranks #1,981,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Vereins vs vereint

Shared letters: einrv. Private to "Vereins": s. Private to "vereint": t.

"Vereins" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "vereint" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vereinsevreins · veerins · vereinns · vereinss · vereisn · verenis · veriens · verreins
  • vereintevreint · veerint · vereinnt · vereintt · vereitn · verenit · verient · verreint

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Vereins" for "vereint" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Vereins" is a noun and "vereint" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Vereins" or "vereint" show up more?
"Vereins" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,748 in our German list, against #6,249 for "vereint". 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 "Vereins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vereint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,981,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vereins" and "vereint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vereint vs verkennt". 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 #1,981,884 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