Which to use
“Verkehr” is a noun and “verkehrte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,527
- “Verkehr” frequency rank
- #23,765
- “verkehrte” frequency rank
- 25292
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Verkehr | verkehrte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bewegung von Fahrzeugen, Menschen, Gütern, Nachrichten auf dafür vorgesehenen Strecken, Wegen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verkehrt |
Where the eye mixes Verkehr and verkehrte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Verkehr runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against verkehrte's 9 (CVCCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Verkehr vs verkehrte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Verkehr is [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯] while verkehrte is [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯tə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Verkehr” sits inside “verkehrte”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Verkehr is recorded at frequency rank #1,527, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯]. verkehrte is at rank #23,765, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯tə].
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 25292, this pair ranks #1,835,453 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Verkehr vs verkehrte
Shared letters: ehkrv. Private to "Verkehr": -. Private to "verkehrte": t.
"Verkehr" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "verkehrte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Verkehr" and "verkehrte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Verkehr" vs "verkehrte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Verkehr" and "verkehrte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Verkehr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verkehrte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,835,453 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Verkehr" and "verkehrte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verehrter vs verkehrte". 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 #1,835,453 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.