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Which to use

“verschwinde” and “verschwinden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,521
“verschwinde” frequency rank
#2,863
“verschwinden” frequency rank
38384
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verschwinde verschwinden
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschwinden aufhören zu existieren, sich in Nichts auflösen

Where the eye mixes verschwinde and verschwinden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.

11 ch
verschwinde
12 ch
verschwinden

Visual trap between verschwinde and verschwinden

A purely visual mix-up. verschwinde ([fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndə]) and verschwinden ([fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “verschwinde” sits inside “verschwinden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verschwinde is recorded at frequency rank #35,521, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndə]. verschwinden is at rank #2,863, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩].

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 38384, this pair ranks #1,565,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verschwinde vs verschwinden

Shared letters: cdehinrsvw. Private to "verschwinde": -. Private to "verschwinden": -.

"verschwinde" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCCVCCV  ·  "verschwinden" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verschwindeevrschwinde · vercshwinde · verrschwinde · verscchwinde · verschhwinde · verschiwnde · verschwidne · verschwindde
  • verschwindenevrschwinden · vercshwinden · verrschwinden · verscchwinden · verschhwinden · verschiwnden · verschwidnen · verschwindden

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verschwinde" and "verschwinden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verschwinde" vs "verschwinden" - which ranks higher?
"verschwinden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,863 in our German list, against #35,521 for "verschwinde". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verschwinde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verschwinden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,565,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verschwinde" and "verschwinden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verschwende vs verschwinde". 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 #1,565,398 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list