camevschampConfusable pair

Quick tell: came is a verb, champ is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“came” is a verb and “champ” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,428
“came” frequency rank
#25,085
“champ” frequency rank
62513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature came champ
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs come champion

Letter map: came vs champ

Shared letters muted; letters that set came and champ apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
came
5 ch
champ

Grammar separator: came vs champ

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: came is averb and champanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

came is recorded at frequency rank #37,428, classified as averb, pronounced […]. champ is at rank #25,085, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t͡ʃæmp].

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 62513, this pair ranks #710,102 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of came vs champ

Shared letters: acm. Private to "came": e. Private to "champ": hp.

"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "champ" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cameacme · caem · camme · ccame · cmae
  • champcahmp · cchamp · chammp · champp · chapm · chhamp · chmap · hcamp

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "came" for "champ" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "came" is a verb and "champ" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "came" or "champ" show up more?
"champ" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,085 in our German list, against #37,428 for "came". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "came" and "champ". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "champ" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #710,102 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "came" and "champ" 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 #710,102 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list