classvsKölleWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: class is a noun, Kölle is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“class” is a noun and “Kölle” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,026
“class” frequency rank
#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank
60881
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature class Kölle
Definition Klasse deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: class vs Kölle

Shared letters muted; letters that set class and Kölle apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

5 ch
class
5 ch
Kölle

Part-of-speech tell for class / Kölle

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: class is anoun and Kölleaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

class is recorded at frequency rank #11,026, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Kölle is at rank #49,855, tagged as aname, 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 60881, this pair ranks #770,422 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of class vs Kölle

Shared letters: l. Private to "class": acs. Private to "Kölle": ekö.

"class" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • classcalss · cclass · clas · claß · cllass · clsas · lcass

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "class" and "Kölle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "class" is a noun and "Kölle" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "class" or "Kölle" show up more?
"class" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,026 in our German list, against #49,855 for "Kölle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "class" vs "Kölle" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "class" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #770,422 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "class" and "Kölle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kölle 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 #770,422 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