verleitetvsverletztWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: verleitet is a verb, verletzt is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verleitet” is a verb and “verletzt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,001
“verleitet” frequency rank
#1,275
“verletzt” frequency rank
29276
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verleitet verletzt
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verleiten eine Kränkung oder Beleidigung erlitten habend, psychisch von jemandem aus dem Gleichgewicht gebracht worden sein

Where the eye mixes verleitet and verletzt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. verleitet runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCVC) against verletzt's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
verleitet
8 ch
verletzt

Visual trap between verleitet and verletzt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verleitet is [fɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯tət] while verletzt is [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛt͡st]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verleitet is recorded at frequency rank #28,001, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯tət]. verletzt is at rank #1,275, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛt͡st].

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 29276, this pair ranks #1,769,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verleitet vs verletzt

Shared letters: elrtv. Private to "verleitet": i. Private to "verletzt": z.

"verleitet" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC  ·  "verletzt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verleitet ← evrleitet · velreitet · verelitet · verleiett · verleitett · verleitte · verleittet · verletiet
  • verletzt ← evrletzt · velretzt · vereltzt · verlettz · verlettzt · verletztt · verletzzt · verleztt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verleitet" and "verletzt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verleitet" is a verb and "verletzt" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "verleitet" vs "verletzt" - which ranks higher?
"verletzt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,275 in our German list, against #28,001 for "verleitet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "verleitet" and "verletzt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verleitet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verletzt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,769,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verleitet" and "verletzt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verlegten vs verleitet". 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 #1,769,875 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