Which to use
“came” is a verb and “cases” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,428
- “came” frequency rank
- #28,585
- “cases” frequency rank
- 66013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | cases |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs come | Plural des Substantivs case |
Letter map: came vs cases
Shared letters muted; letters that set came and cases apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for came / cases
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: came is averb and casesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
came is recorded at frequency rank #37,428, classified as averb, pronounced […]. cases is at rank #28,585, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkeɪsɪz].
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 66013, this pair ranks #587,450 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of came vs cases
Shared letters: ace. Private to "came": m. Private to "cases": s.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cases" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "came" and "cases" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "came" or "cases" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "came" and "cases". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cases" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #587,450 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "cases" 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 #587,450 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.