Which to use
“came” is a verb and “carte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,428
- “came” frequency rank
- #35,688
- “carte” frequency rank
- 73116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | carte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs come | Zettel, Karton |
Letter map: came vs carte
Shared letters muted; letters that set came and carte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. came runs 4 letters (CVCV) against carte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for came / carte
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: came is averb and carteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
came is recorded at frequency rank #37,428, classified as averb, pronounced […]. carte is at rank #35,688, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaʁt].
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 73116, this pair ranks #369,346 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of came vs carte
Shared letters: ace. Private to "came": m. Private to "carte": rt.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "carte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "carte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "came" or "carte"?
Useful next steps
Pair "came" vs "carte" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,346 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "carte" 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 #369,346 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.