verlogenevsverlosenTell them apart

Quick tell: verlogene is a adjective, verlosen is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#46,369
“verlogene” frequency rank
#30,842
“verlosen” frequency rank
77211
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verlogene verlosen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verlogen einen Preis austeilen, den diejenige Person gewinnt, die das richtige/gewinnende Los gezogen/erworben hat

Where the eye mixes verlogene and verlosen

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

9 ch
verlogene
8 ch
verlosen

Visual trap between verlogene and verlosen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verlogene is [fɛɐ̯ˈloːɡənə] while verlosen is [fɛɐ̯ˈloːzn̩]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verlogene is recorded at frequency rank #46,369, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈloːɡənə]. 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 77211, this pair ranks #265,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of verlogene vs verlosen

Shared letters: elnorv. Private to "verlogene": g. Private to "verlosen": s.

"verlogene" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "verlosen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verlogeneevrlogene · velrogene · verlgoene · verllogene · verloegne · verlogeen · verlogenne · verloggene
  • verlosenevrlosen · velrosen · verllosen · verloesn · verlosenn · verlosne · verlossen · verlsoen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verlogene" and "verlosen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verlogene" is an adjective and "verlosen" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "verlogene" or "verlosen"?
"verlosen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,842 in our German list, against #46,369 for "verlogene". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verlogene" 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 #265,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verlogene" and "verlosen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verlogene vs verlorenes". 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 #265,916 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