billsvsKölleWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: bills is a noun, Kölle is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bills” is a noun and “Kölle” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,785
“bills” frequency rank
#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank
98640
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bills Kölle
Definition Plural des Substantivs bill deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: bills vs Kölle

Shared letters muted; letters that set bills and Kölle apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. bills (CVCCC) and Kölle (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
bills
5 ch
Kölle

Grammar separator: bills vs Kölle

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bills is anoun and Kölleaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 98640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bills is recorded at frequency rank #48,785, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Kölle is at rank #49,855, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 98640, this pair ranks #1,088 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of bills vs Kölle

Shared letters: l. Private to "bills": bis. Private to "Kölle": ekö.

"bills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bills ← bbills · billss · bils · bilsl · blils · iblls

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bills" and "Kölle" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bills" is a noun and "Kölle" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "bills" or "Kölle"?
"bills" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #48,785 in our German list, against #49,855 for "Kölle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "bills" and "Kölle". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bills" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,088 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bills" and "Kölle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kölle vs puzzles". 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 #1,088 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