Which to use
“Verursacher” is a noun and “verursachte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,467
- “Verursacher” frequency rank
- #10,964
- “verursachte” frequency rank
- 32431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Verursacher | verursachte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Person oder etwas, die/das den Ursprung für etwas bildet, für etwas verantwortlich ist | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verursacht |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Verursacher and verursachte apart are highlighted. They share 10 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Verursacher and verursachte form a confusable pair in the German index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Verursacher is recorded at frequency rank #21,467, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxɐ]. verursachte is at rank #10,964, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxtə].
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 32431, this pair ranks #1,707,700 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering Verursacher vs verursachte
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