Which to use
“verwendet” and “verwundet” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #871
- “verwendet” frequency rank
- #12,621
- “verwundet” frequency rank
- 13492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verwendet | verwundet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sich in Benutzung befindend | sich eine physische Wunde zugezogen habend |
Where the eye mixes verwendet and verwundet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verwendet and verwundet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between verwendet and verwundet
A purely visual mix-up. verwendet ([fɛɐ̯ˈvɛndət]) and verwundet ([fɛɐ̯ˈvʊndət]) 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 a single letter - e in “verwendet” becomes u in “verwundet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verwendet is recorded at frequency rank #871, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvɛndət]. 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 13492, this pair ranks #1,957,638 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verwendet vs verwundet
Shared letters: denrtvw. Private to "verwendet": -. Private to "verwundet": u.
"verwendet" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "verwundet" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verwendet" and "verwundet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verwendet" or "verwundet"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "verwendet" and "verwundet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "verwendet" 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 #1,957,638 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verwendet" 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 #1,957,638 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.