Which to use
“verkaufte” and “verkauften” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,648
- “verkaufte” frequency rank
- #11,347
- “verkauften” frequency rank
- 19995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verkaufte | verkauften |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verkauft | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verkauft |
Where the eye mixes verkaufte and verkauften
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verkaufte runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against verkauften's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verkaufte vs verkauften
A purely visual mix-up. verkaufte ([fɛɐ̯ˈkaʊ̯ftə]) and verkauften ([fɛɐ̯ˈkaʊ̯ftn̩]) 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) - “verkaufte” sits inside “verkauften”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verkaufte is recorded at frequency rank #8,648, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈkaʊ̯ftə]. verkauften is at rank #11,347, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈkaʊ̯ftn̩].
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 19995, this pair ranks #1,902,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verkaufte vs verkauften
Shared letters: aefkrtuv. Private to "verkaufte": -. Private to "verkauften": n.
"verkaufte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "verkauften" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verkaufte ← evrkaufte · vekraufte · verakufte · verkafute · verkaufet · verkauffte · verkauftte · verkautfe
- verkauften ← evrkauften · vekrauften · verakuften · verkafuten · verkaufetn · verkaufften · verkauftenn · verkauftne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verkaufte" and "verkauften" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verkaufte" or "verkauften" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verkaufte" and "verkauften" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verkaufte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verkauften" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,902,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verkaufte" and "verkauften" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Verkäufern vs verkauften". 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 #1,902,404 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.