carovscrowWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: caro is a adjective, crow is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“caro” is an adjective and “crow” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,462
“caro” frequency rank
#36,863
“crow” frequency rank
60325
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caro crow
Definition viel Geld kostend; kostspielig Vogel; Krähe

Letter map: caro vs crow

Shared letters muted; letters that set caro and crow apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. caro (CVCV) and crow (CCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
caro
4 ch
crow

Role in the sentence - caro and crow

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caro is anadjective and crowanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caro is recorded at frequency rank #23,462, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkaːro]. crow is at rank #36,863, 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 60325, this pair ranks #791,231 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caro vs crow

Shared letters: cor. Private to "caro": a. Private to "crow": w.

"caro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "crow" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • caro ← acro · caor · carro · ccaro · crao
  • crow ← ccrow · corw · croww · crrow · crwo · rcow

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "caro" and "crow" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "caro" is an adjective and "crow" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "caro" vs "crow" - which ranks higher?
"caro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,462 in our German list, against #36,863 for "crow". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "caro" and "crow". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "caro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crow" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #791,231 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caro" and "crow" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crow 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 #791,231 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