Which to use
“verkehrte” and “verkehrten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,765
- “verkehrte” frequency rank
- #35,520
- “verkehrten” frequency rank
- 59285
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verkehrte | verkehrten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verkehrt | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verkehrt |
Where the eye mixes verkehrte and verkehrten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verkehrte runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against verkehrten's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verkehrte vs verkehrten
A purely visual mix-up. verkehrte ([fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯tə]) and verkehrten ([fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯tn̩]) 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) - “verkehrte” sits inside “verkehrten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verkehrte is recorded at frequency rank #23,765, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯tə]. verkehrten is at rank #35,520, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯tn̩].
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 59285, this pair ranks #830,236 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verkehrte vs verkehrten
Shared letters: ehkrtv. Private to "verkehrte": -. Private to "verkehrten": n.
"verkehrte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "verkehrten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verkehrte ← evrkehrte · vekrehrte · verekhrte · verkehhrte · verkehret · verkehrrte · verkehrtte · verkehtre
- verkehrten ← evrkehrten · vekrehrten · verekhrten · verkehhrten · verkehretn · verkehrrten · verkehrtenn · verkehrtne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verkehrte" and "verkehrten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verkehrte" or "verkehrten" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "verkehrte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verkehrten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #830,236 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verkehrte" and "verkehrten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verehrter vs verkehrten". 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 #830,236 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.