CachevscameWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Cache is a noun, came is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Cache” is a noun and “came” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,874
“Cache” frequency rank
#37,428
“came” frequency rank
61302
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Cache came
Definition Speicher, in dem Daten zwischengespeichert werden, um ein zeitaufwändiges Wiederbeschaffen der Daten von einem langsameren Speichermedium zu vermeiden Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs come

Letter map: Cache vs came

Shared letters muted; letters that set Cache and came apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Cache
4 ch
came

Part-of-speech tell for Cache / came

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Cache is anoun and cameaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Cache is recorded at frequency rank #23,874, classified as anoun, pronounced [kæʃ]. came is at rank #37,428, tagged as averb, 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 61302, this pair ranks #754,869 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Cache vs came

Shared letters: ace. Private to "Cache": h. Private to "came": m.

"Cache" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Cacheacche · cacche · caceh · cachhe · cahce · ccache · ccahe
  • cameacme · caem · camme · ccame · cmae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Cache" for "came" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Cache" is a noun and "came" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Cache" or "came"?
"Cache" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,874 in our German list, against #37,428 for "came". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Cache" vs "came" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Cache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "came" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #754,869 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Cache" and "came" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "came 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 #754,869 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