Which to use
“verhört” and “verlost” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,174
- “verhört” frequency rank
- #21,822
- “verlost” frequency rank
- 45996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verhört | verlost |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhören | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verlosen |
Where the eye mixes verhört and verlost
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. verhört and verlost follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: verhört vs verlost
A purely visual mix-up. verhört ([fɛɐ̯ˈhøːɐ̯t]) and verlost ([fɛɐ̯ˈloːst]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verhört is recorded at frequency rank #24,174, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhøːɐ̯t]. verlost is at rank #21,822, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈloːst].
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 45996, this pair ranks #1,334,050 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verhört vs verlost
Shared letters: ertv. Private to "verhört": hö. Private to "verlost": los.
"verhört" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "verlost" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verlost ← evrlost · velrost · verllost · verlosst · verlostt · verlots · verlsot · verolst
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verhört" for "verlost" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "verhört" or "verlost" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "verhört" and "verlost" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verhört" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verlost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,334,050 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verhört" and "verlost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verhören vs verhört". 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 #1,334,050 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.