verladenvsVorlagenConfusable pair

Quick tell: verladen is a verb, Vorlagen is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verladen” is a verb and “Vorlagen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,812
“verladen” frequency rank
#9,117
“Vorlagen” frequency rank
34929
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verladen Vorlagen
Definition Frachtgüter oder Personen auf ein Transportmittel bringen Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Vorlage

Where the eye mixes verladen and Vorlagen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. verladen and Vorlagen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
verladen
8 ch
Vorlagen

Why the eye confuses verladen with Vorlagen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verladen is [fɛɐ̯ˈlaːdn̩] while Vorlagen is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34929, 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]. Vorlagen is at rank #9,117, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡn̩].

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 34929, this pair ranks #1,652,011 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verladen vs Vorlagen

Shared letters: aelnrv. Private to "verladen": d. Private to "Vorlagen": go.

"verladen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "Vorlagen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verladenevrladen · velraden · veralden · verladden · verladenn · verladne · verlaedn · verldaen
  • Vorlagenovrlagen · volragen · voralgen · vorlaegn · vorlagenn · vorlaggen · vorlagne · vorlgaen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verladen" and "Vorlagen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verladen" is a verb and "Vorlagen" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "verladen" or "Vorlagen"?
"Vorlagen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,117 in our German list, against #25,812 for "verladen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "verladen" and "Vorlagen" 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 "Vorlagen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,652,011 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verladen" and "Vorlagen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vergaben vs verladen". 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 #1,652,011 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list