CodevsconteTell them apart

Which to use

“Code” and “conte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,434
“Code” frequency rank
#36,860
“conte” frequency rank
39294
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Code conte
Definition ein System von Übereinkünften, das die eindeutige Zuordnung von Zeichen und Zeichenfolgen zweier verschiedener Zeichensysteme festlegt oder auch ein solches Zeichensystem selbst Graf

Letter map: Code vs conte

Shared letters muted; letters that set Code and conte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
Code
5 ch
conte

Spelling & dictionary notes on Code vs conte

Code and conte 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Code is recorded at frequency rank #2,434, classified as anoun, pronounced [koːt]. conte is at rank #36,860, 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 39294, this pair ranks #1,540,748 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Code vs conte

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "Code": d. Private to "conte": nt.

"Code" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "conte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Codeccode · cdoe · codde · coed · ocde
  • contecconte · cnote · conet · connte · contte · cotne · ocnte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Code" for "conte" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "Code" or "conte" show up more?
"Code" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,434 in our German list, against #36,860 for "conte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Code" and "conte". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Code" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,540,748 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Code" and "conte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conte 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 #1,540,748 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