Which to use
“verfickte” and “verfickten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,112
- “verfickte” frequency rank
- #29,840
- “verfickten” frequency rank
- 50952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verfickte | verfickten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfickt | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfickt |
Where the eye mixes verfickte and verfickten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verfickte runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against verfickten's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between verfickte and verfickten
A purely visual mix-up. verfickte ([fɛɐ̯ˈfɪktə]) and verfickten ([fɛɐ̯ˈfɪktn̩]) 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) - “verfickte” sits inside “verfickten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verfickte is recorded at frequency rank #21,112, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfɪktə]. verfickten is at rank #29,840, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfɪktn̩].
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 50952, this pair ranks #1,154,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verfickte vs verfickten
Shared letters: cefikrtv. Private to "verfickte": -. Private to "verfickten": n.
"verfickte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "verfickten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verfickte ← evrfickte · vefrickte · verfcikte · verffickte · verficckte · verficket · verfickkte · verficktte
- verfickten ← evrfickten · vefrickten · verfcikten · verffickten · verficckten · verficketn · verfickkten · verficktenn
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "verfickte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verfickten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,154,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verfickte" and "verfickten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verfickt vs verfickten". 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 #1,154,154 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.