Which to use
“came” is a verb and “case” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,428
- “came” frequency rank
- #7,447
- “case” frequency rank
- 44875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | case |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs come | Fall m |
Letter map: came vs case
Shared letters muted; letters that set came and case apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for came / case
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: came is averb and caseanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - m in “came” becomes s in “case”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
came is recorded at frequency rank #37,428, classified as averb, pronounced […]. case is at rank #7,447, tagged as anoun, pronounced [keɪs].
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 44875, this pair ranks #1,371,832 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of came vs case
Shared letters: ace. Private to "came": m. Private to "case": s.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "case" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "case" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "came" vs "case" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "came" and "case". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "case" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,371,832 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "case" 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 #1,371,832 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.