verfügbarvsverfügbareWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#3,219
“verfügbar” frequency rank
#19,436
“verfügbare” frequency rank
22655
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verfügbar verfügbare
Definition zur Verfügung stehend, so dass man darüber verfügen, es nutzen, verändern, weitergeben oder vernichten kann Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verfügbar

Where the eye mixes verfügbar and verfügbare

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
verfügbar
10 ch
verfügbare

Look-alike desk: verfügbar vs verfügbare

A purely visual mix-up. verfügbar ([fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkbaːɐ̯]) and verfügbare ([fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkbaːʁə]) 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) - “verfügbar” sits inside “verfügbare”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verfügbar is recorded at frequency rank #3,219, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkbaːɐ̯]. verfügbare is at rank #19,436, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkbaːʁə].

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 22655, this pair ranks #1,871,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verfügbar vs verfügbare

Shared letters: abefgrvü. Private to "verfügbar": -. Private to "verfügbare": -.

"verfügbar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "verfügbare" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verfügbar" and "verfügbare" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkbaːɐ̯] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkbaːʁə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verfügbar" vs "verfügbare" - which ranks higher?
"verfügbar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,219 in our German list, against #19,436 for "verfügbare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verfügbar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verfügbare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,871,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verfügbar" and "verfügbare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verfügbare vs verfügbaren". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,871,425 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