Which to use
“verkauft” and “verkaufte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,143
- “verkauft” frequency rank
- #8,648
- “verkaufte” frequency rank
- 9791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verkauft | verkaufte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | durch Verkauf den Besitzer gewechselt oder an den Kunden beziehungsweise Käufer vergeben | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verkauft |
Where the eye mixes verkauft and verkaufte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verkauft runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against verkaufte's 9 (CVCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verkauft vs verkaufte
A purely visual mix-up. verkauft ([fɛɐ̯ˈkaʊ̯ft]) and verkaufte ([fɛɐ̯ˈkaʊ̯ftə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “verkauft” sits inside “verkaufte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verkauft is recorded at frequency rank #1,143, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈkaʊ̯ft]. verkaufte is at rank #8,648, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈkaʊ̯ftə].
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 9791, this pair ranks #1,978,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verkauft vs verkaufte
Shared letters: aefkrtuv. Private to "verkauft": -. Private to "verkaufte": -.
"verkauft" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "verkaufte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verkauft" and "verkaufte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verkauft" or "verkaufte"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "verkauft" and "verkaufte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verkauft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verkaufte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,978,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verkauft" and "verkaufte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verkaufte vs versäumte". 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 #1,978,275 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.