Which to use
“verfassen” and “verlassen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,615
- “verfassen” frequency rank
- #981
- “verlassen” frequency rank
- 13596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verfassen | verlassen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (einen Text) erstellen und schriftlich niederlegen | weggehen, sich entfernen |
Where the eye mixes verfassen and verlassen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verfassen and verlassen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: verfassen vs verlassen
A purely visual mix-up. verfassen ([fɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩]) and verlassen ([fɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩]) 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 a single letter - f in “verfassen” becomes l in “verlassen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verfassen is recorded at frequency rank #12,615, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩]. verlassen is at rank #981, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩].
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 13596, this pair ranks #1,956,951 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verfassen vs verlassen
Shared letters: aenrsv. Private to "verfassen": f. Private to "verlassen": l.
"verfassen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "verlassen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verfassen" and "verlassen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "verfassen" vs "verlassen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "verfassen" and "verlassen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verfassen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verlassen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,956,951 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verfassen" and "verlassen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verfassen vs verhassten". 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 #1,956,951 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.