Which to use
“verschaffte” is an adjective and “verschärft” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,465
- “verschaffte” frequency rank
- #11,563
- “verschärft” frequency rank
- 33028
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verschaffte | verschärft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verschärfen |
Where the eye mixes verschaffte and verschärft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: verschaffte vs verschärft
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verschaffte is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftə] while verschärft is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁft]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verschaffte is recorded at frequency rank #21,465, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftə]. verschärft is at rank #11,563, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁft].
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 33028, this pair ranks #1,694,852 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verschaffte vs verschärft
Shared letters: cefhrstv. Private to "verschaffte": a. Private to "verschärft": ä.
"verschaffte" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCCV · "verschärft" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verschaffte ← evrschaffte · vercshaffte · verrschaffte · verscahffte · verscchaffte · verschaffet · verschafftte · verschafte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "verschaffte" and "verschärft" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "verschaffte" or "verschärft"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "verschaffte" and "verschärft" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verschaffte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verschärft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,694,852 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verschaffte" and "verschärft" 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 #1,694,852 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.