Which to use
“verschafft” is a verb and “verschafften” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,649
- “verschafft” frequency rank
- #47,822
- “verschafften” frequency rank
- 56471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verschafft | verschafften |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verschaffen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft |
Where the eye mixes verschafft and verschafften
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. verschafft runs 10 letters (CVCCCCVCCC) against verschafften's 12 (CVCCCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verschafft vs verschafften
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verschafft is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaft] while verschafften is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “verschafft” sits inside “verschafften”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56471, 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]. verschafften is at rank #47,822, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftn̩].
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 56471, this pair ranks #938,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verschafft vs verschafften
Shared letters: acefhrstv. Private to "verschafft": -. Private to "verschafften": n.
"verschafft" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCC · "verschafften" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verschafft ← evrschafft · vercshafft · verrschafft · verscahfft · verscchafft · verschafftt · verschaft · verschaftf
- verschafften ← evrschafften · vercshafften · verrschafften · verscahfften · verscchafften · verschaffetn · verschafftenn · verschafftne
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "verschafft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verschafften" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #938,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verschafft" and "verschafften" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verschafften vs verschärften". 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 #938,894 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.