Which to use
“verhören” is a verb and “verworfen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,913
- “verhören” frequency rank
- #15,252
- “verworfen” frequency rank
- 58165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verhören | verworfen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemanden einem Verhör unterziehen | verkommen seiend |
Where the eye mixes verhören and verworfen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. verhören runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against verworfen's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses verhören with verworfen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verhören is [fɛɐ̯ˈhøːʁən] while verworfen is [fɛɐ̯ˈvɔʁfn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verhören is recorded at frequency rank #42,913, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhøːʁən]. verworfen is at rank #15,252, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvɔʁfn̩].
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 58165, this pair ranks #873,219 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verhören vs verworfen
Shared letters: enrv. Private to "verhören": hö. Private to "verworfen": fow.
"verhören" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "verworfen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verworfen ← evrworfen · verowrfen · verrworfen · verwofren · verworefn · verworfenn · verworffen · verworfne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verhören" and "verworfen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "verhören" vs "verworfen" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "verhören" and "verworfen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verhören" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verworfen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #873,219 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verhören" and "verworfen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verhören vs verworren". 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 #873,219 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.