verurteiltevsverurteilterWhich spelling fits?

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“verurteilte” and “verurteilter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,823
“verurteilte” frequency rank
#36,709
“verurteilter” frequency rank
49532
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verurteilte verurteilter
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verurteilt Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verurteilt

Where the eye mixes verurteilte and verurteilter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. verurteilte runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVVCCV) against verurteilter's 12 (CVCVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
verurteilte
12 ch
verurteilter

Why the eye confuses verurteilte with verurteilter

A purely visual mix-up. verurteilte ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊʁtaɪ̯ltə]) and verurteilter ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊʁtaɪ̯ltɐ]) 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) - “verurteilte” sits inside “verurteilter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verurteilte is recorded at frequency rank #12,823, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊʁtaɪ̯ltə]. verurteilter is at rank #36,709, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊʁtaɪ̯ltɐ].

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 49532, this pair ranks #1,207,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verurteilte vs verurteilter

Shared letters: eilrtuv. Private to "verurteilte": -. Private to "verurteilter": -.

"verurteilte" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCV  ·  "verurteilter" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verurteilte ← evrurteilte · verrurteilte · verruteilte · veruretilte · verurrteilte · verurteilet · verurteillte · verurteiltte
  • verurteilter ← evrurteilter · verrurteilter · verruteilter · veruretilter · verurrteilter · verurteiletr · verurteillter · verurteilterr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "verurteilte" for "verurteilter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊʁtaɪ̯ltə] versus [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊʁtaɪ̯ltɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "verurteilte" vs "verurteilter" - which ranks higher?
"verurteilte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,823 in our German list, against #36,709 for "verurteilter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "verurteilte" and "verurteilter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verurteilte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verurteilter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,207,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verurteilte" and "verurteilter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verurteile vs verurteilter". 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 #1,207,975 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list