Which to use
“verschafft” and “verschifft” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,649
- “verschafft” frequency rank
- #47,089
- “verschifft” frequency rank
- 55738
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verschafft | verschifft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verschaffen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschiffen |
Where the eye mixes verschafft and verschifft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. verschafft and verschifft follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between verschafft and verschifft
A purely visual mix-up. verschafft ([fɛɐ̯ˈʃaft]) and verschifft ([fɛɐ̯ˈʃɪft]) 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 - a in “verschafft” becomes i in “verschifft”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55738, 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]. verschifft is at rank #47,089, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɪft].
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 55738, this pair ranks #967,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verschafft vs verschifft
Shared letters: cefhrstv. Private to "verschafft": a. Private to "verschifft": i.
"verschafft" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCC · "verschifft" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verschafft ← evrschafft · vercshafft · verrschafft · verscahfft · verscchafft · verschafftt · verschaft · verschaftf
- verschifft ← evrschifft · vercshifft · verrschifft · verscchifft · verschfift · verschhifft · verschifftt · verschift
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "verschafft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verschifft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #967,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verschafft" and "verschifft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verschaffte vs verschifft". 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 #967,704 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.