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“verhaftete” and “verhafteten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,015
- “verhaftete” frequency rank
- #33,880
- “verhafteten” frequency rank
- 78895
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verhaftete | verhafteten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verhaftet | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verhaftet |
Where the eye mixes verhaftete and verhafteten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. verhaftete runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against verhafteten's 11 (CVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between verhaftete and verhafteten
A purely visual mix-up. verhaftete ([fɛɐ̯ˈhaftətə]) and verhafteten ([fɛɐ̯ˈhaftətn̩]) 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) - “verhaftete” sits inside “verhafteten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verhaftete is recorded at frequency rank #45,015, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhaftətə]. verhafteten is at rank #33,880, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhaftətn̩].
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 78895, this pair ranks #228,163 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of verhaftete vs verhafteten
Shared letters: aefhrtv. Private to "verhaftete": -. Private to "verhafteten": n.
"verhaftete" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "verhafteten" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verhaftete ← evrhaftete · vehraftete · verahftete · verhafette · verhafftete · verhafteet · verhaftette · verhafttee
- verhafteten ← evrhafteten · vehrafteten · verahfteten · verhafetten · verhaffteten · verhafteetn · verhaftetenn · verhaftetne
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "verhaftete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verhafteten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,163 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verhaftete" and "verhafteten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verhaftete vs verhärtet". 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 #228,163 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.