verlinktvsverlinktenTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#16,868
“verlinkt” frequency rank
#16,033
“verlinkten” frequency rank
32901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verlinkt verlinkten
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verlinken Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verlinkt

Where the eye mixes verlinkt and verlinkten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verlinkt runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCC) against verlinkten's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
verlinkt
10 ch
verlinkten

Look-alike desk: verlinkt vs verlinkten

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verlinkt is [fɛɐ̯ˈlɪŋkt] while verlinkten is [fɛɐ̯ˈlɪŋktn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “verlinkt” sits inside “verlinkten”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verlinkt is recorded at frequency rank #16,868, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlɪŋkt]. verlinkten is at rank #16,033, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlɪŋktn̩].

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 32901, this pair ranks #1,697,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verlinkt vs verlinkten

Shared letters: eiklnrtv. Private to "verlinkt": -. Private to "verlinkten": -.

"verlinkt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "verlinkten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verlinkt ← evrlinkt · velrinkt · verilnkt · verliknt · verlinkkt · verlinktt · verlinnkt · verlintk
  • verlinkten ← evrlinkten · velrinkten · verilnkten · verliknten · verlinketn · verlinkkten · verlinktenn · verlinktne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verlinkt" and "verlinkten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verlinkt" is a verb and "verlinkten" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "verlinkt" or "verlinkten" show up more?
"verlinkten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,033 in our German list, against #16,868 for "verlinkt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verlinkt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verlinkten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,697,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verlinkt" and "verlinkten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verfickt vs verlinkt". 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 #1,697,593 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