Which to use
“verschafft” is a verb and “verschaffte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,649
- “verschafft” frequency rank
- #21,465
- “verschaffte” frequency rank
- 30114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verschafft | verschaffte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verschaffen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft |
Where the eye mixes verschafft and verschaffte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between verschafft and verschaffte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verschafft is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaft] while verschaffte is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “verschafft” sits inside “verschaffte”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verschafft is recorded at frequency rank #8,649, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaft]. verschaffte is at rank #21,465, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftə].
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 30114, this pair ranks #1,754,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verschafft vs verschaffte
Shared letters: acefhrstv. Private to "verschafft": -. Private to "verschaffte": -.
"verschafft" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCC · "verschaffte" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- verschafft ← evrschafft · vercshafft · verrschafft · verscahfft · verscchafft · verschafftt · verschaft · verschaftf
- verschaffte ← evrschaffte · vercshaffte · verrschaffte · verscahffte · verscchaffte · verschaffet · verschafftte · verschafte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verschafft" for "verschaffte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "verschafft" vs "verschaffte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verschafft" and "verschaffte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verschafft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verschaffte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,754,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verschafft" and "verschaffte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verschaffte vs verschafften". 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 #1,754,154 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.