Which to use
“came” is a verb and “crème” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,428
- “came” frequency rank
- #41,102
- “crème” frequency rank
- 78530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | crème |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs come | Rahm, Sahne |
Letter map: came vs crème
Shared letters muted; letters that set came and crème apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. came runs 4 letters (CVCV) against crème's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for came / crème
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: came is averb and crèmeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
came is recorded at frequency rank #37,428, classified as averb, pronounced […]. crème is at rank #41,102, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kʁɛm].
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 78530, this pair ranks #236,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of came vs crème
Shared letters: cem. Private to "came": a. Private to "crème": rè.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "crème" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- came ← acme · caem · camme · ccame · cmae
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "crème" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "came" or "crème" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "came" vs "crème" 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 "crème" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "crème" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crème vs Cremes". 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 #236,292 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.