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“verursachte” and “verursachten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,964
- “verursachte” frequency rank
- #14,981
- “verursachten” frequency rank
- 25945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verursachte | verursachten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verursacht | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verursacht |
Where the eye mixes verursachte and verursachten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. verursachte runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCCCV) against verursachten's 12 (CVCVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: verursachte vs verursachten
A purely visual mix-up. verursachte ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxtə]) and verursachten ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxtn̩]) 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) - “verursachte” sits inside “verursachten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verursachte is recorded at frequency rank #10,964, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxtə]. verursachten is at rank #14,981, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxtn̩].
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 25945, this pair ranks #1,825,618 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verursachte vs verursachten
Shared letters: acehrstuv. Private to "verursachte": -. Private to "verursachten": n.
"verursachte" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCCV · "verursachten" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verursachte ← evrursachte · verrursachte · verrusachte · veruraschte · verurrsachte · verursacchte · verursachet · verursachhte
- verursachten ← evrursachten · verrursachten · verrusachten · veruraschten · verurrsachten · verursacchten · verursachetn · verursachhten
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verursachte" and "verursachten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verursachte" or "verursachten"?
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 "verursachte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verursachten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,825,618 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verursachte" and "verursachten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Verursacher vs verursachten". 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 #1,825,618 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.