vereintvsverewigtTell them apart

Quick tell: vereint is a adjective, verewigt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#6,249
“vereint” frequency rank
#31,338
“verewigt” frequency rank
37587
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vereint verewigt
Definition in eine enge Verbindung gebracht, zum Beispiel parallel oder nebeneinander seiend Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verewigen

Where the eye mixes vereint and verewigt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vereint runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against verewigt's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
vereint
8 ch
verewigt

Why the eye confuses vereint with verewigt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vereint is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nt] while verewigt is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːvɪçt]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vereint is recorded at frequency rank #6,249, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nt]. verewigt is at rank #31,338, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːvɪçt].

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 37587, this pair ranks #1,586,286 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vereint vs verewigt

Shared letters: eirtv. Private to "vereint": n. Private to "verewigt": gw.

"vereint" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "verewigt" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vereint ← evreint · veerint · vereinnt · vereintt · vereitn · verenit · verient · verreint
  • verewigt ← evrewigt · veerwigt · vereiwgt · verewgit · verewiggt · verewigtt · verewitg · verewwigt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vereint" for "verewigt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vereint" is an adjective and "verewigt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "vereint" or "verewigt" show up more?
"vereint" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,249 in our German list, against #31,338 for "verewigt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vereint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verewigt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,586,286 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vereint" and "verewigt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verewigt vs vergeigt". 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 #1,586,286 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