CodesvsCohenWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#11,027
“Codes” frequency rank
#16,668
“Cohen” frequency rank
27695
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Codes Cohen
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Code deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: Codes vs Cohen

Shared letters muted; letters that set Codes and Cohen apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Codes
5 ch
Cohen

Grammar separator: Codes vs Cohen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Codes is anoun and Cohenaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Codes is recorded at frequency rank #11,027, classified as anoun, pronounced [koːt͡s]. Cohen is at rank #16,668, 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 27695, this pair ranks #1,797,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Codes vs Cohen

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "Codes": ds. Private to "Cohen": hn.

"Codes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Cohen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Codesccodes · cdoes · coddes · codess · codse · coeds · ocdes
  • Cohenccohen · choen · coehn · cohenn · cohhen · cohne · ochen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Codes" and "Cohen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Codes" is a noun and "Cohen" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Codes" or "Cohen" show up more?
"Codes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,027 in our German list, against #16,668 for "Cohen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Codes" and "Cohen".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Codes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Cohen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,797,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Codes" and "Cohen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cohen 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 #1,797,443 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