Which to use
“verladen” and “verlosen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,812
- “verladen” frequency rank
- #30,842
- “verlosen” frequency rank
- 56654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verladen | verlosen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Frachtgüter oder Personen auf ein Transportmittel bringen | einen Preis austeilen, den diejenige Person gewinnt, die das richtige/gewinnende Los gezogen/erworben hat |
Where the eye mixes verladen and verlosen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. verladen and verlosen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses verladen with verlosen
A purely visual mix-up. verladen ([fɛɐ̯ˈlaːdn̩]) and verlosen ([fɛɐ̯ˈloːzn̩]) 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 56654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verladen is recorded at frequency rank #25,812, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlaːdn̩]. verlosen is at rank #30,842, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈloːzn̩].
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 56654, this pair ranks #931,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verladen vs verlosen
Shared letters: elnrv. Private to "verladen": ad. Private to "verlosen": os.
"verladen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "verlosen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verladen" for "verlosen" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verladen" and "verlosen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verladen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verlosen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #931,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verladen" and "verlosen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verlogene vs verlosen". 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 #931,893 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.