Which to use
“verschollen” and “verschollenen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,466
- “verschollen” frequency rank
- #37,279
- “verschollenen” frequency rank
- 58745
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verschollen | verschollenen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | seit langer Zeit vermisst | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verschollen |
Where the eye mixes verschollen and verschollenen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between verschollen and verschollenen
A purely visual mix-up. verschollen ([fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔlən]) and verschollenen ([fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔlənən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “verschollen” sits inside “verschollenen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verschollen is recorded at frequency rank #21,466, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔlən]. verschollenen is at rank #37,279, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔlənən].
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 58745, this pair ranks #850,910 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verschollen vs verschollenen
Shared letters: cehlnorsv. Private to "verschollen": -. Private to "verschollenen": -.
"verschollen" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCVC · "verschollenen" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verschollen ← evrschollen · vercshollen · verrschollen · verscchollen · verschhollen · verschlolen · verscholeln · verscholen
- verschollenen ← evrschollenen · vercshollenen · verrschollenen · verscchollenen · verschhollenen · verschlolenen · verscholelnen · verscholenen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verschollen" and "verschollenen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verschollen" or "verschollenen"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "verschollen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verschollenen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #850,910 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verschollen" and "verschollenen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verschollene vs verschollenen". 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 #850,910 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.