vereintvsvergibtWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#6,249
“vereint” frequency rank
#14,197
“vergibt” frequency rank
20446
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vereint vergibt
Definition in eine enge Verbindung gebracht, zum Beispiel parallel oder nebeneinander seiend 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs vergeben

Where the eye mixes vereint and vergibt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vereint (CVCVVCC) and vergibt (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
vereint
7 ch
vergibt

Look-alike desk: vereint vs vergibt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vereint is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nt] while vergibt is [fɛɐ̯ˈɡiːpt]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20446, 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]. vergibt is at rank #14,197, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈɡiːpt].

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 20446, this pair ranks #1,897,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vereint vs vergibt

Shared letters: eirtv. Private to "vereint": n. Private to "vergibt": bg.

"vereint" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "vergibt" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vereint ← evreint · veerint · vereinnt · vereintt · vereitn · verenit · verient · verreint
  • vergibt ← evrgibt · vegribt · vergbit · verggibt · vergibbt · vergibtt · vergitb · verigbt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vereint" for "vergibt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vereint" is an adjective and "vergibt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vereint" or "vergibt"?
"vereint" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,249 in our German list, against #14,197 for "vergibt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vereint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vergibt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,897,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vereint" and "vergibt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vergeigt vs vergibt". 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 #1,897,581 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