verficktevsverrückteTell them apart

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

#21,112
“verfickte” frequency rank
#8,152
“verrückte” frequency rank
29264
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verfickte verrückte
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfickt Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verrückt

Where the eye mixes verfickte and verrückte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verfickte and verrückte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
verfickte
9 ch
verrückte

Visual trap between verfickte and verrückte

A purely visual mix-up. verfickte ([fɛɐ̯ˈfɪktə]) and verrückte ([fɛɐ̯ˈʁʏktə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29264, 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]. verrückte is at rank #8,152, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʁʏktə].

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 29264, this pair ranks #1,770,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verfickte vs verrückte

Shared letters: cekrtv. Private to "verfickte": fi. Private to "verrückte": ü.

"verfickte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV  ·  "verrückte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verfickte ← evrfickte · vefrickte · verfcikte · verffickte · verficckte · verficket · verfickkte · verficktte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verfickte" and "verrückte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈfɪktə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈʁʏktə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "verfickte" or "verrückte" show up more?
"verrückte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,152 in our German list, against #21,112 for "verfickte". 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 "verfickte" and "verrückte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verfickte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verrückte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,770,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verfickte" and "verrückte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verfickt vs verfickte". 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 #1,770,098 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