Which to use
“vermischen” and “verwischen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,455
- “vermischen” frequency rank
- #32,842
- “verwischen” frequency rank
- 53297
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vermischen | verwischen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas durcheinander bringen | etwas unklar machen/verschmieren, indem man zum Beispiel etwas noch Feuchtes zu früh berührt |
Where the eye mixes vermischen and verwischen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. vermischen and verwischen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: vermischen vs verwischen
A purely visual mix-up. vermischen ([fɛɐ̯ˈmɪʃn̩]) and verwischen ([fɛɐ̯ˈvɪʃn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - m in “vermischen” becomes w in “verwischen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vermischen is recorded at frequency rank #20,455, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈmɪʃn̩]. verwischen is at rank #32,842, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvɪʃn̩].
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 53297, this pair ranks #1,063,525 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vermischen vs verwischen
Shared letters: cehinrsv. Private to "vermischen": m. Private to "verwischen": w.
"vermischen" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC · "verwischen" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vermischen ← evrmischen · vemrischen · verimschen · vermicshen · vermiscchen · vermiscehn · vermischenn · vermischhen
- verwischen ← evrwischen · veriwschen · verrwischen · verwicshen · verwiscchen · verwiscehn · verwischenn · verwischhen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vermischen" and "verwischen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "vermischen" or "verwischen" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vermischen" and "verwischen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vermischen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verwischen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,063,525 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vermischen" and "verwischen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verwischen vs verwischt". 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 #1,063,525 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.