Which to use
“Cafés” and “cave” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,661
- “Cafés” frequency rank
- #34,568
- “cave” frequency rank
- 51229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Cafés | cave |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Café | Höhle |
Letter map: Cafés vs cave
Shared letters muted; letters that set Cafés and cave apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Cafés runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against cave's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on Cafés vs cave
Cafés and cave are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Cafés is recorded at frequency rank #16,661, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈfeːs]. cave is at rank #34,568, tagged as anoun, 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 51229, this pair ranks #1,143,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Cafés vs cave
Shared letters: ac. Private to "Cafés": fsé. Private to "cave": ev.
"Cafés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cave" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cave ← acve · caev · cavve · ccave · cvae
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "Cafés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,143,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Cafés" and "cave" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cave 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 #1,143,586 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.