verfügtvsverjagtWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#3,001
“verfügt” frequency rank
#32,340
“verjagt” frequency rank
35341
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verfügt verjagt
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verfügen 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verjagen

Where the eye mixes verfügt and verjagt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. verfügt and verjagt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
verfügt
7 ch
verjagt

Visual trap between verfügt and verjagt

A purely visual mix-up. verfügt ([fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkt]) and verjagt ([fɛɐ̯ˈjaːkt]) 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 35341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verfügt is recorded at frequency rank #3,001, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkt]. verjagt is at rank #32,340, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈjaːkt].

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 35341, this pair ranks #1,642,315 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verfügt vs verjagt

Shared letters: egrtv. Private to "verfügt": fü. Private to "verjagt": aj.

"verfügt" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "verjagt" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verjagt ← evrjagt · vejragt · verajgt · verjaggt · verjagtt · verjatg · verjgat · verjjagt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verfügt" and "verjagt" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈfyːkt] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈjaːkt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "verfügt" or "verjagt" show up more?
"verfügt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,001 in our German list, against #32,340 for "verjagt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verfügt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verjagt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,642,315 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verfügt" and "verjagt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verjagen vs verjagt". 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 #1,642,315 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