Which to use
“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.
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?
Frequency check: "verurteilte" vs "verurteilter" - which ranks higher?
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.