Which to use
“vertan” is an adjective and “voran” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,456
- “vertan” frequency rank
- #3,694
- “voran” frequency rank
- 32150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vertan | voran |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (als Ressource) ohne Erfolg eingesetzt | vor jemand oder etwas anderem, an der Spitze |
Where the eye mixes vertan and voran
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vertan runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against voran's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vertan vs voran
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vertan is [fɛɐ̯ˈtaːn] while voran is [foˈʁan]. 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 adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vertan is recorded at frequency rank #28,456, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈtaːn]. voran is at rank #3,694, tagged as anadv, pronounced [foˈʁan].
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 32150, this pair ranks #1,713,667 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vertan vs voran
Shared letters: anrv. Private to "vertan": et. Private to "voran": o.
"vertan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "voran" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vertan" for "voran" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "vertan" or "voran" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vertan" and "voran" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vertan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,713,667 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vertan" and "voran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veritas vs vertan". 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 #1,713,667 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.