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“vereinte” and “vereinten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,543
“vereinte” frequency rank
#6,869
“vereinten” frequency rank
34412
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vereinte vereinten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs vereint Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs vereint

Where the eye mixes vereinte and vereinten

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

8 ch
vereinte
9 ch
vereinten

Look-alike desk: vereinte vs vereinten

A purely visual mix-up. vereinte ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntə]) and vereinten ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vereinte” sits inside “vereinten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34412, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vereinte is recorded at frequency rank #27,543, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntə]. 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 34412, this pair ranks #1,663,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vereinte vs vereinten

Shared letters: einrtv. Private to "vereinte": -. Private to "vereinten": -.

"vereinte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV  ·  "vereinten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vereinteevreinte · veerinte · vereinet · vereinnte · vereintte · vereitne · verenite · veriente
  • vereintenevreinten · veerinten · vereinetn · vereinnten · vereintenn · vereintne · vereintten · vereitnen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vereinte" and "vereinten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯ntn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vereinte" or "vereinten"?
"vereinten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,869 in our German list, against #27,543 for "vereinte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vereinte" 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 #1,663,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vereinte" and "vereinten" 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 #1,663,916 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