verreistvsverteiltWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#40,932
“verreist” frequency rank
#2,523
“verteilt” frequency rank
43455
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verreist verteilt
Definition auf einer Reise befindlich 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verteilen

Where the eye mixes verreist and verteilt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
verreist
8 ch
verteilt

Why the eye confuses verreist with verteilt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verreist is [fɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯st] while verteilt is [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verreist is recorded at frequency rank #40,932, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯st]. verteilt is at rank #2,523, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lt].

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 43455, this pair ranks #1,417,554 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verreist vs verteilt

Shared letters: eirtv. Private to "verreist": s. Private to "verteilt": l.

"verreist" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC  ·  "verteilt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verreistevrreist · vereist · vererist · verreisst · verreistt · verreits · verresit · verriest
  • verteiltevrteilt · veretilt · verrteilt · verteillt · verteiltt · verteitl · vertelit · vertielt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verreist" and "verteilt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verreist" is an adjective and "verteilt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "verreist" or "verteilt"?
"verteilt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,523 in our German list, against #40,932 for "verreist". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verreist" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verteilt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,417,554 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verreist" and "verteilt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vergeigt vs verreist". 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 #1,417,554 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