verjagenvsverladenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,017
“verjagen” frequency rank
#25,812
“verladen” frequency rank
70829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verjagen verladen
Definition jemanden gewaltsam vertreiben, verscheuchen Frachtgüter oder Personen auf ein Transportmittel bringen

Where the eye mixes verjagen and verladen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. verjagen and verladen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
verjagen
8 ch
verladen

Look-alike desk: verjagen vs verladen

A purely visual mix-up. verjagen ([fɛɐ̯ˈjaːɡn̩]) and verladen ([fɛɐ̯ˈlaːdn̩]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verjagen is recorded at frequency rank #45,017, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈjaːɡn̩]. verladen is at rank #25,812, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlaːdn̩].

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 70829, this pair ranks #434,623 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of verjagen vs verladen

Shared letters: aenrv. Private to "verjagen": gj. Private to "verladen": dl.

"verjagen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "verladen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verjagen ← evrjagen · vejragen · verajgen · verjaegn · verjagenn · verjaggen · verjagne · verjgaen
  • verladen ← evrladen · velraden · veralden · verladden · verladenn · verladne · verlaedn · verldaen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verjagen" and "verladen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈjaːɡn̩] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈlaːdn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verjagen" vs "verladen" - which ranks higher?
"verladen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,812 in our German list, against #45,017 for "verjagen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verjagen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verladen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #434,623 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verjagen" and "verladen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vergaben vs verjagen". 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 #434,623 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