verlostvsVerlusteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: verlost is a verb, Verluste is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verlost” is a verb and “Verluste” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,822
“verlost” frequency rank
#4,946
“Verluste” frequency rank
26768
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verlost Verluste
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verlosen Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Verlust

Where the eye mixes verlost and Verluste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. verlost runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against Verluste's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
verlost
8 ch
Verluste

Look-alike desk: verlost vs Verluste

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verlost is [fɛɐ̯ˈloːst] while Verluste is [fɛɐ̯ˈlʊstə]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verlost is recorded at frequency rank #21,822, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈloːst]. Verluste is at rank #4,946, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈlʊstə].

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 26768, this pair ranks #1,812,715 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verlost vs Verluste

Shared letters: elrstv. Private to "verlost": o. Private to "Verluste": u.

"verlost" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "Verluste" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verlost ← evrlost · velrost · verllost · verlosst · verlostt · verlots · verlsot · verolst
  • Verluste ← evrluste · velruste · verlluste · verlsute · verluset · verlusste · verlustte · verlutse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verlost" and "Verluste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verlost" is a verb and "Verluste" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "verlost" or "Verluste" show up more?
"Verluste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,946 in our German list, against #21,822 for "verlost". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verlost" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Verluste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,812,715 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verlost" and "Verluste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verlost vs vertont". 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 #1,812,715 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