Which to use
“verlorene” is an adjective and “verlosen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,005
- “verlorene” frequency rank
- #30,842
- “verlosen” frequency rank
- 40847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verlorene | verlosen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verloren | einen Preis austeilen, den diejenige Person gewinnt, die das richtige/gewinnende Los gezogen/erworben hat |
Where the eye mixes verlorene and verlosen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: verlorene vs verlosen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verlorene is [fɛɐ̯ˈloːʁənə] 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 40847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verlorene is recorded at frequency rank #10,005, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈloːʁənə]. 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 40847, this pair ranks #1,496,596 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verlorene vs verlosen
Shared letters: elnorv. Private to "verlorene": -. Private to "verlosen": s.
"verlorene" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "verlosen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verlorene" and "verlosen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verlorene" or "verlosen"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "verlorene" and "verlosen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verlorene" 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 #1,496,596 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verlorene" and "verlosen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verlogene vs verlosen". 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 #1,496,596 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.