verhasstvsverhasstenWhat's the difference?

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

#42,911
“verhasst” frequency rank
#43,582
“verhassten” frequency rank
86493
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verhasst verhassten
Definition sehr ungeliebt, bei jemandem großen Widerwillen erregend Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verhasst

Where the eye mixes verhasst and verhassten

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

8 ch
verhasst
10 ch
verhassten

Look-alike desk: verhasst vs verhassten

A purely visual mix-up. verhasst ([fɛɐ̯ˈhast]) and verhassten ([fɛɐ̯ˈhastn̩]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “verhasst” sits inside “verhassten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verhasst is recorded at frequency rank #42,911, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhast]. verhassten is at rank #43,582, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhastn̩].

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 86493, this pair ranks #93,023 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of verhasst vs verhassten

Shared letters: aehrstv. Private to "verhasst": -. Private to "verhassten": n.

"verhasst" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "verhassten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verhasstevrhasst · vehrasst · verahsst · verhasstt · verhast · verhasts · verhaßt · verhhasst
  • verhasstenevrhassten · vehrassten · verahssten · verhassetn · verhasstenn · verhasstne · verhasstten · verhasten

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verhasst" and "verhassten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈhast] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈhastn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "verhasst" or "verhassten" show up more?
"verhasst" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,911 in our German list, against #43,582 for "verhassten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "verhasst" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verhassten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,023 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verhasst" and "verhassten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verhasst vs verpass". 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 #93,023 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