Which to use
“Verweis” is a noun and “verwies” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,393
- “Verweis” frequency rank
- #15,251
- “verwies” frequency rank
- 25644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Verweis | verwies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Referenz auf etwas; Hinweis auf etwas anderes | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verweisen |
Where the eye mixes Verweis and verwies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Verweis and verwies follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Verweis and verwies
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Verweis is [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯s] while verwies is [fɛɐ̯ˈviːs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ei ↔ ie) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Verweis is recorded at frequency rank #10,393, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯s]. verwies is at rank #15,251, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈviːs].
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 25644, this pair ranks #1,830,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Verweis vs verwies
Shared letters: eirsvw. Private to "Verweis": -. Private to "verwies": -.
"Verweis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "verwies" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Verweis" and "verwies" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Verweis" or "verwies" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Verweis" and "verwies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Verweis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verwies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,830,154 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Verweis" and "verwies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verwies vs verzieh". 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 #1,830,154 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.