Which to use
“captain” is a verb and “office” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,738
- “captain” frequency rank
- #5,205
- “office” frequency rank
- 12943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captain | office |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein Schiff führen, ein Schiff befehligen | Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro |
Letter map: captain vs office
Shared letters muted; letters that set captain and office apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. captain runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against office's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - captain and office
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: captain is averb and officeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captain is recorded at frequency rank #7,738, classified as averb, pronounced […]. office is at rank #5,205, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 12943, this pair ranks #1,961,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of captain vs office
Shared letters: ci. Private to "captain": anpt. Private to "office": efo.
"captain" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "office" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "captain" and "office" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "captain" or "office" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "captain" and "office".
- Full dictionary entry for "captain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "office" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,961,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captain" and "office" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captain 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 #1,961,081 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.