Which to use
“verweigern” is a verb and “verweigerte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,293
- “verweigern” frequency rank
- #19,440
- “verweigerte” frequency rank
- 28733
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verweigern | verweigerte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas nicht zulassen; eine starrsinnige Haltung einnehmen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verweigert |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set verweigern and verweigerte apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verweigern is [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn] while verweigerte is [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐtə]. 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 28733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verweigern is recorded at frequency rank #9,293, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn]. verweigerte is at rank #19,440, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐtə].
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 28733, this pair ranks #1,779,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verweigern vs verweigerte
Shared letters: egirvw. Private to "verweigern": n. Private to "verweigerte": t.
"verweigern" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC · "verweigerte" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- verweigern ← evrweigern · verewigern · verrweigern · verwegiern · verweiegrn · verweigenr · verweigernn · verweigerrn
- verweigerte ← evrweigerte · verewigerte · verrweigerte · verwegierte · verweiegrte · verweigeret · verweigerrte · verweigertte