Which to use
“Cafés” and “Kaffees” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,661
- “Cafés” frequency rank
- #48,263
- “Kaffees” frequency rank
- 64924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Cafés | Kaffees |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Café | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kaffee |
Same sound, different letters: Cafés vs Kaffees
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Homophone desk: Cafés vs Kaffees
This is the hard kind. Cafés and Kaffees are pronounced identically ([kaˈfeːs]) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64924, 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]. Kaffees is at rank #48,263, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈfeːs].
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 64924, this pair ranks #624,606 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Cafés vs Kaffees
Shared letters: afs. Private to "Cafés": cé. Private to "Kaffees": ek.
"Cafés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Kaffees" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Kaffees ← akffees · kafees · kafefes · kaffeess · kaffes · kaffese · kfafees · kkaffees
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Cafés" and "Kaffees" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Cafés" or "Kaffees"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "Cafés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Kaffees" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #624,606 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Cafés" and "Kaffees" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kaffees vs Käufers". 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 #624,606 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.