VerletztevsvernetzteConfusable pair

Quick tell: Verletzte is a noun, vernetzte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Verletzte” is a noun and “vernetzte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,324
“Verletzte” frequency rank
#28,912
“vernetzte” frequency rank
34236
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Verletzte vernetzte
Definition weibliche Person, die sich verletzt hat oder verletzt wurde Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vernetzt

Where the eye mixes Verletzte and vernetzte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. Verletzte and vernetzte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
Verletzte
9 ch
vernetzte

Visual trap between Verletzte and vernetzte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Verletzte is [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛt͡stə] while vernetzte is [fɛɐ̯ˈnɛt͡stə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - l in “Verletzte” becomes n in “vernetzte”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Verletzte is recorded at frequency rank #5,324, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛt͡stə]. vernetzte is at rank #28,912, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈnɛt͡stə].

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 34236, this pair ranks #1,667,968 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Verletzte vs vernetzte

Shared letters: ertvz. Private to "Verletzte": l. Private to "vernetzte": n.

"Verletzte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV  ·  "vernetzte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Verletzte ← evrletzte · velretzte · vereltzte · verlettze · verlettzte · verletzet · verletztte · verletzzte
  • vernetzte ← evrnetzte · venretzte · verentzte · vernettze · vernettzte · vernetzet · vernetztte · vernetzzte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Verletzte" for "vernetzte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Verletzte" is a noun and "vernetzte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Verletzte" or "vernetzte" show up more?
"Verletzte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,324 in our German list, against #28,912 for "vernetzte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Verletzte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vernetzte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,667,968 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Verletzte" and "vernetzte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verneinte vs vernetzte". 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 #1,667,968 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