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“verteile” and “verteilen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,337
- “verteile” frequency rank
- #4,573
- “verteilen” frequency rank
- 48910
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verteile | verteilen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verteilen | mehreren Personen einen Teil von etwas geben |
Where the eye mixes verteile and verteilen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verteile runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against verteilen's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verteile vs verteilen
A purely visual mix-up. verteile ([fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lə]) and verteilen ([fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lən]) 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) - “verteile” sits inside “verteilen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48910, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verteile is recorded at frequency rank #44,337, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lə]. verteilen is at rank #4,573, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lən].
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 48910, this pair ranks #1,231,045 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verteile vs verteilen
Shared letters: eilrtv. Private to "verteile": -. Private to "verteilen": n.
"verteile" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "verteilen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verteile" and "verteilen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "verteile" or "verteilen" show up more?
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 "verteile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verteilen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,231,045 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verteile" and "verteilen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verheilt vs verteile". 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 #1,231,045 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.