verflogenvsverlogeneWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: verflogen is a verb, verlogene is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#37,863
“verflogen” frequency rank
#46,369
“verlogene” frequency rank
84232
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verflogen verlogene
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verfliegen Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verlogen

Where the eye mixes verflogen and verlogene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
verflogen
9 ch
verlogene

Visual trap between verflogen and verlogene

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verflogen is [fɛɐ̯ˈfloːɡn̩] while verlogene is [fɛɐ̯ˈloːɡənə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verflogen is recorded at frequency rank #37,863, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfloːɡn̩]. verlogene is at rank #46,369, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈloːɡənə].

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 84232, this pair ranks #126,972 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of verflogen vs verlogene

Shared letters: eglnorv. Private to "verflogen": f. Private to "verlogene": -.

"verflogen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "verlogene" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verflogenevrflogen · vefrlogen · verfflogen · verflgoen · verfllogen · verfloegn · verflogenn · verfloggen
  • verlogeneevrlogene · velrogene · verlgoene · verllogene · verloegne · verlogeen · verlogenne · verloggene

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verflogen" and "verlogene" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verflogen" is a verb and "verlogene" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "verflogen" or "verlogene" show up more?
"verflogen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,863 in our German list, against #46,369 for "verlogene". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verflogen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verlogene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,972 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verflogen" and "verlogene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verlogene vs verlorenes". 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 #126,972 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