verwandeltvsverwundetWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: verwandelt is a verb, verwundet is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verwandelt” is a verb and “verwundet” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,128
“verwandelt” frequency rank
#12,621
“verwundet” frequency rank
17749
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verwandelt verwundet
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verwandeln sich eine physische Wunde zugezogen habend

Where the eye mixes verwandelt and verwundet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verwandelt runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against verwundet's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
verwandelt
9 ch
verwundet

Look-alike desk: verwandelt vs verwundet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verwandelt is [fɛɐ̯ˈvandl̩t] while verwundet is [fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verwandelt is recorded at frequency rank #5,128, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvandl̩t]. verwundet is at rank #12,621, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndət].

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 17749, this pair ranks #1,924,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verwandelt vs verwundet

Shared letters: denrtvw. Private to "verwandelt": al. Private to "verwundet": u.

"verwandelt" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC  ·  "verwundet" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verwandeltevrwandelt · verawndelt · verrwandelt · verwadnelt · verwanddelt · verwandellt · verwandeltt · verwandetl
  • verwundetevrwundet · verrwundet · veruwndet · verwnudet · verwudnet · verwunddet · verwundett · verwundte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verwandelt" and "verwundet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verwandelt" is a verb and "verwundet" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "verwandelt" or "verwundet" show up more?
"verwandelt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,128 in our German list, against #12,621 for "verwundet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verwandelt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verwundet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,924,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verwandelt" and "verwundet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verwundern vs verwundet". 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 #1,924,640 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