Which to use
“verrichten” is a verb and “verrückten” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,748
- “verrichten” frequency rank
- #13,055
- “verrückten” frequency rank
- 31803
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verrichten | verrückten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Aktivität oder Arbeit ausführen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs verrückt |
Where the eye mixes verrichten and verrückten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verrichten and verrückten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between verrichten and verrückten
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verrichten is [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɪçtn̩] while verrückten is [fɛɐ̯ˈʁʏktn̩]. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verrichten is recorded at frequency rank #18,748, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɪçtn̩]. verrückten is at rank #13,055, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʁʏktn̩].
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 31803, this pair ranks #1,720,692 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verrichten vs verrückten
Shared letters: cenrtv. Private to "verrichten": hi. Private to "verrückten": kü.
"verrichten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC · "verrückten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verrichten ← evrrichten · verichten · verirchten · verrcihten · verricchten · verrichetn · verrichhten · verrichtenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verrichten" for "verrückten" ever safe?
Which is more common, "verrichten" or "verrückten"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verrichten" and "verrückten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verrichten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verrückten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,720,692 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verrichten" and "verrückten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vernichtend vs verrichten". 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 #1,720,692 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.