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

#30,358
“verhängte” frequency rank
#42,912
“verhängten” frequency rank
73270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verhängte verhängten
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verhängt Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verhängt

Where the eye mixes verhängte and verhängten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verhängte runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against verhängten's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
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10 ch
verhängten

Look-alike desk: verhängte vs verhängten

A purely visual mix-up. verhängte ([fɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə]) and verhängten ([fɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtn̩]) 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) - “verhängte” sits inside “verhängten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verhängte is recorded at frequency rank #30,358, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə]. verhängten is at rank #42,912, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtn̩].

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 73270, this pair ranks #364,961 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of verhängte vs verhängten

Shared letters: eghnrtvä. Private to "verhängte": -. Private to "verhängten": -.

"verhängte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV  ·  "verhängten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verhängte" and "verhängten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "verhängte" or "verhängten"?
"verhängte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,358 in our German list, against #42,912 for "verhängten". 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 "verhängte" and "verhängten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verhängte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verhängten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #364,961 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verhängte" and "verhängten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verdrängten vs verhängten". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #364,961 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