verheiltvsverteiltWhat's the difference?

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

#41,539
“verheilt” frequency rank
#2,523
“verteilt” frequency rank
44062
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verheilt verteilt
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verheilen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verteilen

Where the eye mixes verheilt and verteilt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verheilt and verteilt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
verheilt
8 ch
verteilt

Look-alike desk: verheilt vs verteilt

A purely visual mix-up. verheilt ([fɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯lt]) and verteilt ([fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lt]) 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 a single letter - h in “verheilt” becomes t in “verteilt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verheilt is recorded at frequency rank #41,539, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯lt]. verteilt is at rank #2,523, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lt].

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 44062, this pair ranks #1,398,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verheilt vs verteilt

Shared letters: eilrtv. Private to "verheilt": h. Private to "verteilt": -.

"verheilt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC  ·  "verteilt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verheilt ← evrheilt · vehreilt · verehilt · verheillt · verheiltt · verheitl · verhelit · verhheilt
  • verteilt ← evrteilt · veretilt · verrteilt · verteillt · verteiltt · verteitl · vertelit · vertielt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verheilt" and "verteilt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯lt] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verheilt" vs "verteilt" - which ranks higher?
"verteilt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,523 in our German list, against #41,539 for "verheilt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "verheilt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verteilt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,398,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verheilt" and "verteilt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vergeigt vs verheilt". 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 #1,398,289 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