Which to use
“verseucht” and “versuchte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,400
- “verseucht” frequency rank
- #2,224
- “versuchte” frequency rank
- 31624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verseucht | versuchte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | schädliche Sachen enthaltend, mit etwas Schädlichem zugesetzt | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs versucht |
Where the eye mixes verseucht and versuchte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verseucht (CVCCVVCCC) and versuchte (CVCCVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: verseucht vs versuchte
A purely visual mix-up. verseucht ([fɛɐ̯ˈzɔɪ̯çt]) and versuchte ([fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxtə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verseucht is recorded at frequency rank #29,400, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈzɔɪ̯çt]. versuchte is at rank #2,224, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxtə].
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 31624, this pair ranks #1,724,405 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verseucht vs versuchte
Shared letters: cehrstuv. Private to "verseucht": -. Private to "versuchte": -.
"verseucht" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC · "versuchte" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verseucht" for "versuchte" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "verseucht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "versuchte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,724,405 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verseucht" and "versuchte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbucht vs verseucht". 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 #1,724,405 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.