Which to use
“card” and “cave” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,840
- “card” frequency rank
- #34,568
- “cave” frequency rank
- 46408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | card | cave |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Karte, auch Card | Höhle |
Letter map: card vs cave
Shared letters muted; letters that set card and cave apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Pair insight - card / cave
card and cave are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
card is recorded at frequency rank #11,840, classified as anoun, pronounced [kɑːd]. cave is at rank #34,568, 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 46408, this pair ranks #1,320,149 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of card vs cave
Shared letters: ac. Private to "card": dr. Private to "cave": ev.
"card" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "cave" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "card" and "cave" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "card" or "cave" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "card" and "cave".
- Full dictionary entry for "card" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,320,149 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "card" and "cave" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cave 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 #1,320,149 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.